Is upforge.gg safe?
http://upforge.gg/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
UpForge is a young esports coaching and VOD-analysis service with a non-refundable subscription and a required Windows recorder app, but no confirmed scam mechanism.
UpForge (upforge.gg) presents itself -powered esports coaching platform for titles such as Valorant, CS2, Deadlock and League of Legends, offering match debriefs and a paid 'Plus' tier alongside a free option. The domain is only about 247 days old, and the Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including when a customer does not use the service during a billing period, while also asking users to contact support before filing a bank chargeback. The service depends on a Windows desktop app that connects to OBS and records ranked matches, so visitors must install software for the product to work. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed reports no threat, the TLS connection is valid, and the hosting IP has no abuse history. A saved antivirus observation shows four engines previously marked the URL as suspicious, but that result is stale and no active threat was identified in the current review. With no confirmed fraud mechanism, the score reflects a low-risk but unproven young service rather than a safe, established platform.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including if the customer does not use the service during a billing period.
- Moderate4 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports.
- SupportsThe site provides a contact email on its own domain (support@upforge.gg).
- SupportsThe site links to five social profiles.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
UpForge (upforge.gg) presents itself -powered esports coaching platform for titles such as Valorant, CS2, Deadlock and League of Legends, offering match debriefs and a paid 'Plus' tier alongside a free option. The domain is only about 247 days old, and the Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including when a customer does not use the service during a billing period, while also asking users to contact support before filing a bank chargeback. The service depends on a Windows desktop app that connects to OBS and records ranked matches, so visitors must install software for the product to work. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed reports no threat, the TLS connection is valid, and the hosting IP has no abuse history. A saved antivirus observation shows four engines previously marked the URL as suspicious, but that result is stale and no active threat was identified in the current review. With no confirmed fraud mechanism, the score reflects a low-risk but unproven young service rather than a safe, established platform.
Subscription terms and the required desktop app
The site's own Terms of Service say subscription fees are non-refundable, including if the customer does not use the service during a billing period, though analysis credits are refunded when the systems fail to deliver a purchased analysis. That is a real financial commitment for anyone who subscribes and then stops using the product.
The same terms ask users to contact support@upforge.gg before disputing a charge with their bank, warning that chargebacks filed without contacting support first may result in account suspension. This is a common clause in subscription businesses, but it does mean a dissatisfied customer is directed through the operator's support channel before a bank dispute.
To use the service, visitors are instructed to download a Windows desktop app that connects to OBS and records when ranked play starts. Installing third-party recording software is a normal requirement for this kind of tool, but it is also the point where a visitor grants the application access to their gameplay and system.
Technical checks are clean, but the service is young and unproven
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The hosting IP also has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports, so there is no server-level abuse history to point to.
A saved antivirus observation shows four engines previously marked the URL as suspicious, but that result is stale and no active threat was identified during the current investigation. It is a historical flag, not a current detection, and it should not be read as proof that the site is malicious today.
The registrable domain is only about 247 days old, so the service has a short track record. The site does provide a contact email on its own domain and links to five social profiles, which are modest positive signals, but they do not substitute for a longer operating history or independent customer reviews.
What a visitor actually experiences
A visitor who wants the full coaching experience is directed to download a Windows desktop app that connects to OBS and records ranked matches. That means installing software on their own machine before they can use the core service.
If that visitor then subscribes to a paid plan, the Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including when the service is not used during a billing period. The financial exposure is therefore the subscription cost plus the time spent installing and configuring the recorder.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 4
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | spam |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
| URLQuerySuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - spam - Suspicious
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- URLQuery - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiGames, Spam
- BitDefendergames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekersports
- Googlegaming
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Valorant AI Coach & Match Debriefs | UpForge
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Valorant AI Coach & Match Debriefs | UpForge
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Valorant AI Coach & Match Debriefs | UpForge
- Meta description
Valorant AI coach with 1 coaching analysis free: Riot match stats, key fight review, and full-match desktop workflow. Also CS2, Deadlock & LoL. Book verified Immortal+ coaches when you need live accountability. Download for Windows.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/termsRead
- Pricing/pricingRead
- Support / FAQ/helpRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Valorant AI Coach & Match Debriefs | UpForge
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is only about 247 days old.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports.
- 03The site provides a contact email on its own domain (support@upforge.gg).
Web research findings
Independent findings for upforge.gg, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for upforge.gg. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainupforge.gg
- Redirects toupforge.gg
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · google-analytics.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 22, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@upforge.gg).
- Links to 5 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for upforge.gg.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Font Awesome
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://upforge.gg/
- 2200https://upforge.gg/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
4 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including if the customer does not use the service during a billing period.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 4 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is upforge.gg a scam or is it safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
UpForge is a young esports coaching and VOD-analysis service with a non-refundable subscription and a required Windows recorder app, but no confirmed scam mechanism.
UpForge (upforge.gg) presents itself -powered esports coaching platform for titles such as Valorant, CS2, Deadlock and League of Legends, offering match debriefs and a paid 'Plus' tier alongside a free option. The domain is only about 247 days old, and the Terms of Service state that subscription fees are non-refundable, including when a customer does not use the service during a billing period, while also asking users to contact support before filing a bank chargeback. The service depends on a Windows desktop app that connects to OBS and records ranked matches, so visitors must install software for the product to work. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed reports no threat, the TLS connection is valid, and the hosting IP has no abuse history. A saved antivirus observation shows four engines previously marked the URL as suspicious, but that result is stale and no active threat was identified in the current review. With no confirmed fraud mechanism, the score reflects a low-risk but unproven young service rather than a safe, established platform.
09 · Community
Community
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