Malware distribution risk
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. The page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser. Don't download anything or run any installer prompted by this page.
Is modcombo.com legit or a scam?
Modded APK download site flagged as phishing and malware by several engines with multiple scam reports on review platforms.
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 site presents itself as a repository for free modded APKs including Minecraft and popular games, which matches known cracked-app distribution patterns. Our antivirus network detected flags from Chong Lua Dao as malicious and Cluster25 as phishing. The domain is six years old and receives significant traffic, yet five complaints and zero positive reviews appear across review platforms. Scam Detector assigns it a 42.5 trust score while independent review aggregator notes possible malware. These concrete signals outweigh the older registration date and lead to a malicious classification.
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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 modcombo.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered 2020-03-10 (WHOIS via Scamadviser and Gridinsoft); ~6 years old as of 2026
- Multiple Reddit threads in r/ApksApps (2022-2024) asking if modcombo.com is safe for APK downloads
- Scamadviser trust score 0/100; flagged by Gridinsoft for possible malware
- Ahrefs reports 1.8M search traffic visits in April 2026
- Site hosts thousands of modded APK game/app downloads with categories and subdomains (e.g. game.modcombo.com)
- Tracxn company profile: Jakarta, Indonesia, founded 2022, unfunded
Tracxn lists ModCombo as unfunded Jakarta-based company founded 2022 operating online distribution platform for Android apps (notes modcombo.io)
independent review aggregator states the site has a low trust score and may be a scam, also noting a Gridinsoft malware flag. Scam Detector assigns a 42.5 trust score. Five complaints were located while no positive reviews appeared. Reddit users in APK-related communities have asked about safety multiple times since 2022.
Scam Network Intelligence
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.
- Page impersonates Minecraft on a non-official domain.
- Scam family match: Cracked APK / Modded App.
- Phone number listed (43295958).
- Links to 5 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://modcombo.com/
- 2200https://modcombo.com/
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.
- Fake-app / APK download pattern detected.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Primary scraped category: fake mobile app / APK.
- 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.
- Fake-app / APK download pattern detected.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Primary scraped category: fake mobile app / APK.
- Page mentions Minecraft (non-official domain).
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with modcombo.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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 flags modcombo.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — modcombo.com scored 14/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. modcombo.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 43 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- modcombo.com is 6.2 years old, registered on 3/9/2020 through NameSilo, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 3 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged modcombo.com as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. modcombo.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- modcombo.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.
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