Warning signs detected
Long-running gaming mods site with repeated community warnings about stolen content and malware in downloads. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is modland.net legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
Long-running gaming mods site with repeated community warnings about stolen content and malware in downloads.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓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
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The website appears to be a standard, well-structured gaming mod community site with no visible indicators of malicious intent or scam patterns.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsThe website displays a professional layout consistent with a gaming community portal.
Navigation menus, search functionality, and social links are clearly defined and functional in appearance.
No deceptive urgency tactics, fake security badges, or suspicious pop-ups are present.
Content appears to be a legitimate repository for game modifications.
Intelligence
The domain has operated since 2012 with clean blocklist status and no antivirus detections in this scan. Visual analysis shows a standard community layout without fake urgency or phishing forms. However, the evidence package contains three direct user reports from Reddit and YouTube describing meshslap mods, stolen content, and malware risks. The site also lacks any listed contact email, phone, or business registration. These community warnings outweigh the clean technical signals and justify a moderate-risk rating.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for modland.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- ModLand.net is a long-standing community site for game modifications, particularly for titles like BeamNG.drive and Farming Simulator.
- The site is widely criticized by gaming communities for hosting 'meshslap' (low-quality) mods, stolen content, and leaked paid mods.
- Multiple users and community members have reported concerns regarding potential malware or viruses bundled with downloads on the platform.
- The site uses aggressive advertising, and users are frequently warned to avoid clicking on pop-up ads to prevent accidental malware installation.
- While some security scanners classify the domain as low-risk due to its age and traffic, community sentiment is highly negative regarding safety and content integrity.
- The site owner's identity is hidden, which is noted by review platforms as a transparency concern.
- Reddit (r/BeamNG)open
"Modland are known for the following. Poor / Low quality 'meshslap' mods... Stealing mods from the offical repo to claim as their own... Leaking mods from Private groups... some files may not even be mods, just malware"
- ModLand.netopen
"scammers on modland. Jeez, I don't think I can name half of them. This is a warning to people who are just starting to use Third-party Beamng mods."
- YouTubeopen
"it just cuz it's pretty risky and there's a lot of um viruses on this website and And I do a double check with your anti virus thing too like I do another scan just to be safe."
Our research found three scam-related mentions across Reddit and YouTube. Users in r/BeamNG report poor-quality stolen mods and leaked private content. A YouTube comment specifically warns about viruses on the site and recommends extra antivirus scans. No positive reviews or business registration details appeared in the search results.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 21, 2012Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old today.
- Jul 17, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
modland.net is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
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.
- Links to 12 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://modland.net/
- 2200https://www.modland.net/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat modland.net 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.
- OpenShare your experience
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Safer Alternatives
Trying to game safely? Use a safe option instead
Buying games, skins, or in-game currency? Purchase only through official platform stores — third-party "free" or discount currency sites are a common scam and account-theft vector.
Official PC game store (Valve).
Official store with weekly free games.
For consoles or in-game currency, use the Xbox / PlayStation / Nintendo store or the game's own site.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
ModLand.net is a 13-year-old gaming mods repository. Multiple community reports on Reddit and YouTube warn of stolen content and malware in downloads. Avoid clicking ads and scan files before installing.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- modland.net shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for malware. The domain is 13.6 years old through NameCheap, Inc.. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — modland.net scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on modland.net, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on modland.net and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report modland.net through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- No — modland.net is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- modland.net is 13.6 years old, registered on December 21, 2012 through NameCheap, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — modland.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 36 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- modland.net resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- Yes — modland.net ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
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