No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is operacdn.com legit or a scam?
This looks safe to use.
Official Opera browser CDN domain, 14 years old, clean scan, operated by Opera Norway AS.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
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 similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks
Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
Intelligence
The domain operacdn.com serves as Opera's official CDN for browser installers, extensions, and static assets. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. The domain was registered in 2012 and is tied to Opera Norway AS, a registered Norwegian company. One sandbox report flagged a download subdomain, but this is a known false positive for legitimate executable files. Independent review sites rate the domain as safe. The combination of long history, verified ownership, and clean technical signals outweighs the single automated flag.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for operacdn.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The domain operacdn.com is the official Content Delivery Network (CDN) for the Opera web browser, used to host installation files, extensions, and static assets.
- WHOIS data and technical analysis confirm ownership by Opera Norway AS, based in Oslo, Norway.
- Subdomains like download3.operacdn.com and addons-static.operacdn.com are actively used by the browser for updates and feature delivery.
- While some automated sandboxes (like ANY.RUN) may flag specific download links as 'malicious' due to the nature of executable files, these are generally considered false positives for the official browser installer.
- Public discussions on Reddit and privacy forums often debate Opera's data collection policies following its acquisition by a Chinese consortium, but the domain itself is technically legitimate.
- ANY.RUNopen
"Online sandbox report for download5.operacdn.com, verdict: Malicious activity."
- Scam Detectoropen
"operacdn.com is likely a safe website, given all the risk factors and data numbers analyzed in this in-depth review."
Operated by Opera Norway AS (formerly Opera Software).
Our research found one sandbox report flagging download5.operacdn.com as malicious activity, though this is a known false positive for legitimate browser installers. One independent review site concluded operacdn.com is likely safe after analyzing risk factors. Two complaints were noted but no widespread scam reports or consumer warnings appear. Public discussions on forums focus on Opera's data collection policies rather than domain legitimacy. Business records confirm the domain belongs to Opera Norway AS in Norway.
Domain Timeline
- Feb 23, 2012Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old today.
- Jul 13, 2026Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.
operacdn.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Threat Detection
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.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://operacdn.com/
- 2204https://operacdn.com/
Server Reputation
What to do
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on operacdn.com and not a lookalike like o-peracdn.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
operacdn.com is the official content delivery network for the Opera browser. The domain is 14.4 years old, owned by Opera Norway AS, and carries no malicious detections.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on operacdn.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 14.4 years old, registered on February 23, 2012 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
- operacdn.com passed our automated checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
- Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from operacdn.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from operacdn.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report operacdn.com 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 — operacdn.com 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.
- operacdn.com is 14.4 years old, registered on February 23, 2012 through NameWeb BVBA. 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 — operacdn.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 54 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".
- operacdn.com resolves to an IP operated by Opera Software AS in NL (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 — operacdn.com 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.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 13, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about operacdn.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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