Warning signs detected
Unofficial clone of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher project on a 211-day-old domain that the real maintainers have flagged as unauthorized. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is opencorelegacypatcher.dev legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
Unofficial clone of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher project on a 211-day-old domain that the real maintainers have flagged as unauthorized.
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
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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.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot displays a clean, professional interface for a known open-source project with no indicators of malicious intent or scam activity.
What our vision model saw
3 signalsThe page presents as a professional, clean landing page for the OpenCore Legacy Patcher project.
No deceptive elements, fake urgency, or suspicious pop-ups are present.
The layout is consistent with legitimate open-source software documentation and distribution sites.
Intelligence
The page content and layout closely match the official OpenCore Legacy Patcher documentation hosted at dortania.github.io. Evidence from the project maintainers explicitly states they do not operate any website outside their GitHub repository and have warned users about impersonation attempts. The domain opencorelegacypatcher.dev is only 211 days old, registered through Spaceship with no business registration tied to the project. No antivirus engines flagged the page and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports, yet the clone signal and official warning outweigh those clean signals. The site loads external links to Discord, GitHub, and Reddit, which is consistent with a promotional mirror rather than a malicious payload host. Users downloading software from an unverified source risk supply-chain compromise even if the page itself appears clean.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for opencorelegacypatcher.dev, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The official OpenCore Legacy Patcher project is hosted at https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/.
- Project developers have explicitly warned that any site claiming to be the official website outside of their GitHub repository is not authorized and potentially malicious.
- The domain opencorelegacypatcher.dev is not an official project site and appears to be an unofficial resource or impersonation attempt.
- OpenCore Legacy Patcher is an open-source project; users are advised to download software only from the official GitHub repository to avoid supply chain risks.
- Using OpenCore Legacy Patcher involves modifying system software, which may reduce security (e.g., disabling System Integrity Protection) and is not supported by Apple.
The official OpenCore Legacy Patcher project is hosted on GitHub. The developers have previously issued warnings about malicious sites impersonating their project and have stated they do not host other websites.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for opencorelegacypatcher.dev and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a new or low-traffic site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 15, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 7 months old today.
- Jul 14, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (2012-2014).
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://opencorelegacypatcher.dev/
- 2200https://opencorelegacypatcher.dev/
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 opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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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Final Verdict
This domain hosts a landing page for OpenCore Legacy Patcher that mirrors the official project. The official developers state their only authorized site is on GitHub and have warned about unauthorized copies.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- opencorelegacypatcher.dev raises serious red flags as a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for clone site. The domain is 7 months old through Spaceship, 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 — opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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 opencorelegacypatcher.dev, 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 opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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 opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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 — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report opencorelegacypatcher.dev as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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.
- opencorelegacypatcher.dev is 7 months old, registered on December 15, 2025 through Spaceship, 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 — opencorelegacypatcher.dev presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 55 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".
- opencorelegacypatcher.dev 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.
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