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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.

Security Review

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Unofficial clone of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher project on a 211-day-old domain that the real maintainers have flagged as unauthorized.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources 1 raised a concern
opencorelegacypatcher.devScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SUSPICIOUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 74·MT 45
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Category tags
softwareimpersonationHow sure we are: Moderate
Warning signals (2)
Domain is 7 months oldScam-network signals (35/100)
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
7 months old
Registered Dec 15, 2025

Website Preview

Screenshot of opencorelegacypatcher.dev
LIVE RENDER
opencorelegacypatcher.dev
What our review noticed on this page

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.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

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.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

3 signals

The 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

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust45/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
0%
Confidence
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.
Risk Factors
3
  • Domain is an unauthorized clone of the official dortania.github.io project according to the maintainers.
  • Registered only 211 days ago with no associated business registration or postal address.
  • Project developers have issued explicit warnings about malicious impersonation sites.
Positive Signals
3
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Valid SSL certificate and zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.
  • Page contains no login forms, payment requests, or deceptive pop-ups.
The full analysis

Page Content

The landing page promotes OpenCore Legacy Patcher as free, open-source software for installing modern macOS on unsupported Macs. It displays standard project statistics (50K+ users, 100+ models) and links to download, contact, and documentation sections. No login forms, payment fields, or urgency tactics appear. The text closely mirrors the official project description.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 104.21.83.194 behind Cloudflare with a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page. The hosting IP carries an abuse score of 0/100. External resources load from discord.gg, github.com, reddit.com, and Cloudflare Insights.

Domain History

The domain opencorelegacypatcher.dev was registered 211 days ago through Spaceship, Inc. No business registration or postal address is associated with the domain. The registrar record shows privacy protection disabled, yet no owner contact details appear on the page itself.

Web Reputation

Project maintainers have publicly stated that their only official resources live on GitHub at dortania.github.io and that any other site claiming to represent the project is unauthorized. No scam reports or consumer complaints were located for this specific domain. The page is not indexed in global traffic rankings.

What this means for you

While the page itself shows no malicious code, it is an unauthorized mirror of an official open-source project. Downloading installers from unofficial sources carries supply-chain risk. Users should obtain OpenCore Legacy Patcher exclusively from the verified GitHub repository.

AI Recommendation
Download OpenCore Legacy Patcher only from the official GitHub repository at dortania.github.io. Avoid installing software from any other domain claiming to represent the project.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Clones dortania.github.io
The page impersonates a well-known brand's site.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • 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.
Impersonation / typosquat
Clone of dortania.github.io

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.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

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

  1. Dec 15, 2025
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 7 months old today.

  2. Jul 14, 2026
    Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious

    This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.

Threat Detection

Scam Network

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Moderate correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
0/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Evidence (1)
  • Evidence confirms this site is a clone of dortania.github.io.
Linked signals (1)
Clone of dortania.github.io

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious56Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

The 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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers2012-2014
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • 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

Domain History
Age7 months old
RegistrarSpaceship, Inc.
RegisteredDec 15, 2025
ExpiresDec 15, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 8, 2026 (55d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://opencorelegacypatcher.dev/
  • 2200https://opencorelegacypatcher.dev/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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.

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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·opencorelegacypatcher.dev
SUSPICIOUS

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.

Download OpenCore Legacy Patcher only from the official GitHub repository at dortania.github.io. Avoid installing software from any other domain claiming to represent the project.

AV engines
92
Domain age
7 mo
Flagged
0
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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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