Warning signs detected
Minecraft Bedrock mod download site with repeated trojan and riskware reports across review forums and independent review aggregator. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is horion.download legit or a scam?
Minecraft Bedrock mod download site with repeated trojan and riskware reports across review forums and independent review aggregator.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The page presents itself as the download site for Horion, a Windows-only Minecraft Bedrock utility mod linked to an archived GitHub project. Our research uncovered two direct scam reports, one calling the client a trojan on independent review aggregator and another noting Malwarebytes Riskware.Injector detections on forums, plus five total complaints. A single Reddit post claims it is safe, but this is outweighed by the malware warnings. The domain is over four years old with no business registration, and the page shows medium-confidence Minecraft branding on a non-official domain. These signals together indicate elevated risk for anyone downloading the client.
Website Preview
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for horion.download, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- - horion.download is the download site for Horion, a Minecraft: Bedrock Edition utility/hacked client mod (GitHub: horionclient/Horion, archived Dec 2021).
- - Multiple Reddit threads in r/minecraftclients discuss antivirus flags (e.g., Malwarebytes Riskware.Injector) and debate safety.
- - Trustpilot page for horion.download has 1 review (Jun 2025) stating 'The Horion client is a trojan/rat'.
- - Numerous YouTube videos (e.g., by Itsme64) promote downloads from horion.download with links in descriptions.
- - Unofficial subreddit r/HorionClient exists; site links to Discord (discord.gg/horion or similar).
- - Domain age listed as 1746 days; supports Windows only per site notice.
- - No evidence of business registration or commercial entity; appears to be a community mod project.
- Redditopen
"Horion is 100% Safe . I have gotten 0 warnings about malaware or virus'. I recommend getting Horion, It's very reliable."
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Page impersonates Minecraft on a non-official domain.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://horion.download/
- 2200https://horion.download/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Page mentions Minecraft (non-official domain).
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Page mentions Minecraft (non-official domain).
Possible malware risk
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Treat horion.download as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review marked horion.download as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- horion.download currently scores 43/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. horion.download presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 57 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- horion.download is 4.8 years old, registered on 8/19/2021 through Cloudflare, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. horion.download is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- horion.download resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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