Malware distribution risk
5 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. The page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser. Don't download anything or run any installer prompted by this page.
Is stardewapkvalley.com legit or a scam?
Modded Stardew Valley APK site flagged malicious by Fortinet and four other engines, offering cracked game downloads.
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 page is a download portal for a cracked and modded version of Stardew Valley for Android. Our antivirus network detected five malicious flags and one suspicious result including Fortinet labeling it phishing. The site has no contact details, no business registration, and promotes illegal modded APKs that commonly carry malware. The domain is 574 days old with valid SSL but zero traffic ranking and an external IP with abuse reports. One review aggregator called it reliable yet the concrete AV detections and cracked-app template outweigh that single positive note.
Website Preview
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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 stardewapkvalley.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain stardewapkvalley.com has been active for 574 days as of query date.
- Site title and description promote 'Stardew Valley APK v1.6.15.2 Download (Latest Version) for Android' including MOD APK links.
- Scamadviser reports: 'stardewapkvalley.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable.'
- PCRisk security scan: trust score 31/100, 6/92 engines flagged.
- No direct user complaints, scam reports, or Reddit discussions referencing this specific domain found.
- Site self-describes as providing 'safe' APK downloads and 'virus-free' files; offers modded versions.
- Similar domain stardewvalleyapks.com also analyzed by Scamadviser as probably not a scam.
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, stardewapkvalley.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
Our research found no scam reports or complaints about stardewapkvalley.com. One independent review site rated it as likely legitimate, though antivirus detections remain a concern.
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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Scam family match: Cracked APK / Modded App.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://stardewapkvalley.com/
- 2200https://stardewapkvalley.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 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.
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.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with stardewapkvalley.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 stardewapkvalley.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — stardewapkvalley.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. stardewapkvalley.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 74 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- stardewapkvalley.com is 1.6 years old, registered on 10/31/2024 through Spaceship, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged stardewapkvalley.com as malicious or suspicious (5 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. stardewapkvalley.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- stardewapkvalley.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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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