Is livegore.com legit or a scam?
A decade-old shock site hosting graphic uncensored media that triggers several security flags for malicious advertising and potential malware exposure.
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
Warning signs detected
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The domain has been active for nearly ten years, which typically suggests a level of stability not seen in temporary scam sites. However, our antivirus network shows five different engines, including Chong Lua Dao and CyRadar, flagging the site as malicious or suspicious. The primary risk here is not a phishing or shopping scam, but rather the aggressive advertising networks often used by high-traffic shock sites. These networks frequently serve pop-unders, malicious redirects, or drive-by downloads. While the site has a high traffic volume and is well-known in specific online communities, the security detections and the nature of the hosted content make it a high-risk destination for most users.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for livegore.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered on 2016-09-11 (nearly 10 years old), expires 2026-09-11, registered through Cloudflare with privacy-protected WHOIS (registrant in Arizona, US).
- Site hosts uncensored graphic videos of accidents, crimes, deaths, and true crime content; explicitly warns it is 18+ only and contains disturbing material.
- Receives significant traffic (~1M monthly visits per SimilarWeb) and is frequently discussed on Reddit in gore, horror, and true-crime communities.
- Mixed security signals: Scamadviser and ScamDoc rate it as likely safe/low risk with valid SSL and high traffic; however, Gridinsoft gives 35/100 and marks suspicious due to 5-6 blacklist detections from security vendors.
- VirusTotal shows 1/91 vendors flag www.livegore.com as malicious; listed in IPFire violence blocklist and has history of popunder/ad issues reported on GitHub (uBlock Origin).
- No financial services, login for users, or typical scam patterns (phishing, fake shops, crypto drains); primary risks are psychological harm from graphic content and potential exposure to aggressive advertising/malware.
- Gridinsoftopen
"Our system marks Livegore.com as suspicious. ... Gridinsoft blocks this website because it was classified as suspicious website. ... 35/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors blacklist the domain."
- Techraisalopen
"Is Livegore safe to use? No. It poses psychological risks, potential malware exposure, and reputational harm."
Antivirus Engines
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (2146536856).
- Links to 65 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://livegore.com/
- 2200https://www.livegore.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat livegore.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked livegore.com 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.
- livegore.com currently scores 30/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. livegore.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 35 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- livegore.com is 9.8 years old, registered on 9/10/2016 through Cloudflare, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 5 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged livegore.com as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. livegore.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- livegore.com 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 21, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around livegore.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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