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a.softwaredownloads2.com

WHOISGUARD, INC.  (Proxy Registrant)

Domain Information

The domain a.softwaredownloads2.com is registered by proxy through ENOM, INC. and was originally registered in August of 2015. This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in New York City, New York within the United States which resides on the Digital Ocean, Inc. network.
Registrar:
ENOM, INC.

Server location:
New York, United States (US)

Create date:
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Expires date:
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Updated date:
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

ASN:
AS393406 DIGITALOCEAN-ASN-NY3 - Digital Ocean, Inc.,US

Root domain:
softwaredownloads2.com

Whois:
1 softwaredownloads2.com record

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.DownloadAssistant.Bundler (M), PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M), PUP.AirSoftware.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M), PUP.Air Software (M)
92.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.C potentially unwanted application
8.00%

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.DownloadAsist, not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloadAsist
8.00%

Sophos
Download Assistant (PUA), PUA 'Download Assistant' (of type Adware)
8.00%

avast!
Evo-gen [Susp]
4.00%

Bkav FE
HW32.Packed
4.00%

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DownloadAsist.Win32.4
4.00%

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadAsist.dvtqad
4.00%

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
4.00%

G Data
Win32.Adware.DownloadAssistant
4.00%

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DownloadAsist
4.00%

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Downloadassistant
4.00%

Panda Antivirus
W32/Etap
4.00%

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM06.1.Malware.Gen
4.00%

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.Vittalia.157
4.00%

The domain a.softwaredownloads2.com has been seen to resolve to the following 4 IP addresses.

8.5.1.37
September 4, 2016

159.203.253.236
fd-04-do-w-sf-1.gtdlrfwd.com
July 15, 2016

159.203.107.180
fd-03-do-e-ny-3.gtdlrfwd.com
December 2, 2015

104.131.2.201
useast.gtdlrfwd.com
September 16, 2015

File downloads found at URLs served by a.softwaredownloads2.com.

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/5aaaac3d/?d=http://software.every-download.com/TomTomHOME2winlatest.exe&key=b70846e51c0517e64d443cf8d34ae0357e4df6de1a6ea72722c7f4ff24627ee2&sid=TomTom Home-US&uid=4988806&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=TomTom Home&filename=TomTom Home Setup  (tomtom home setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/vlc-2.2.0.exe&sid=VLC Media Player Windows 8.1-US&uid=5405144&key=52c038f8fe962379d5ebfcd83606447801e34f2cf862076288eb95910fe377fd&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../vlc-product.jpg&n=VLC Media Player&filename=VLC_Media_Player_Setup  (vlc_media_player_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe&sid=Office-US&uid=5246008&key=6351c7c7b0970e465b50c5f020b933f93288d0c3b9c3d2a82e8c9b504326b033&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Open Office&filename=Office_Setup  (office_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/gmod.exe&sid=Garrys Mod-US-GEM&uid=5385763&key=31f63f05cfb0ae7c7e54b3773248b078b533a1cd59bed9f64714ece75ad8d2dd&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Garry's Mod Setup  (garry's mod setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/mp3rocket.exe&sid=MP3 Rocket-US-GEM&uid=5558265&key=dd27f7409940ee8a410bf57612cf47debe0df5599986484c8ef1069b5c02ce52&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=MP3 Rocket&filename=MP3 Rocket Setup  (mp3 rocket setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/mp3rocket.exe&sid=MP3 Rocket-US-GEM&uid=5559111&key=dd27f7409940ee8a410bf57612cf47debe0df5599986484c8ef1069b5c02ce52&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=MP3 Rocket&filename=MP3 Rocket Setup  (mp3 rocket setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/firefox.exe&sid=Firefox-US&uid=5658000&key=a6e980db561447a379687464a4f32eb949f3b577927cffaf4a6dbd3016446a2e&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../firefox-product.jpg&n=Firefox&filename=FirefoxSetup  (firefoxsetup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/mp3rocket.exe&sid=MP3 Rocket-US&uid=5083491&key=dd27f7409940ee8a410bf57612cf47debe0df5599986484c8ef1069b5c02ce52&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=MP3 Rocket&filename=MP3 Rocket Setup  (mp3 rocket setup.exe)

1 / 68      (PUP)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/roblox.exe&sid=Roblox-US&uid=5324370&key=d7635a299ce19e52d53c35bee6f9c744d09efb45c585adde0d78ba6022f6d250&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Roblox&filename=Roblox Setup  (roblox setup.exe)

1 / 68      (PUP)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/roblox.exe&sid=Roblox-US&uid=5324386&key=d7635a299ce19e52d53c35bee6f9c744d09efb45c585adde0d78ba6022f6d250&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Roblox&filename=Roblox Setup  (roblox setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/gmod.exe&sid=Garrys Mod-US-GEM&uid=5673094&key=31f63f05cfb0ae7c7e54b3773248b078b533a1cd59bed9f64714ece75ad8d2dd&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Garry's Mod Setup  (garry's mod setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/Silverlight.exe&sid=Silverlight-US&uid=5395069&key=b6c20938e343aa42169414816a156abaaf71280dde9c854f7f8a9689705568d8&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Silverlight&filename=Silverlight Setup  (silverlight setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/fitbit-setup.exe&sid=Fitbit Connect-US-GEM&uid=5655552&key=ca24a8a891efa789ec4e0151d8a47274dd62c93d476c8f4a7db163d8822608e3&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Fitbit Connect&filename=Fitbit Setup  (fitbit setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/gmod.exe&sid=Garrys Mod-US&uid=5382177&key=31f63f05cfb0ae7c7e54b3773248b078b533a1cd59bed9f64714ece75ad8d2dd&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Garry's Mod Setup  (garry's mod setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/5aaaac3d/?d=http://software.every-download.com/skype.exe&key=0c965b4f96e0311c35fe99480c0f6d97b7cfe1840cc3e51913fa3f7e81afb2a5&sid=Skype-US-GEM&uid=4996393&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Skype&filename=skype_setup  (skype_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/leapfrog.exe&sid=LeapFrog Connect-US&uid=5714486&key=749f69d769d3f7216c3e652be63ad6e05a201cad9c26ba97563caa3c4dddc919&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=LeapFrog Connect&filename=Fitbit Setup  (fitbit setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/leapfrog.exe&sid=LeapFrog Connect-US&uid=5714567&key=749f69d769d3f7216c3e652be63ad6e05a201cad9c26ba97563caa3c4dddc919&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=LeapFrog Connect&filename=Fitbit Setup  (fitbit setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/pal_install_r132100.exe&sid=PalTalk-US&uid=5299250&key=3d877f4141f2251cfcff30d797667871b676df7a6cf10077fec7e458376a8a08&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=PalTalk&filename=PalTalk Setup  (paltalk setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/picasa.exe&sid=Picasa-US&uid=5532776&key=f2454c98e834dd9ce2fd7da97abf54dc6cf0c225758cf8b763ce07e3f63f0147&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Picasa&filename=Picasa Setup  (picasa setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/leapfrog.exe&sid=LeapFrog Connect-US-GEM&uid=5570059&key=749f69d769d3f7216c3e652be63ad6e05a201cad9c26ba97563caa3c4dddc919&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=LeapFrog Connect&filename=Fitbit Setup  (fitbit setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/mbam-2.1.6.exe&sid=Malwarebytes-US&uid=5148235&key=4888954b6fda5405b97a02834c6c4e935e9607a44a8982c2b522bd67e5bde40a&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Malwarebytes&filename=Malwarebytes Setup  (malwarebytes setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/picasa.exe&sid=Picasa-US&uid=5169549&key=f2454c98e834dd9ce2fd7da97abf54dc6cf0c225758cf8b763ce07e3f63f0147&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Picasa&filename=Picasa Setup  (picasa setup.exe)

4 / 68      (PUP)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/SteamSetup.exe&sid=Steam-US-GEM&uid=5588269&key=e0bf352e7393615215770da44270a5ff5b263c12853478616551534411a83e9a&affiliate_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../installer.png&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Steam&filename=Steam_Setup  (steam_setup.zip)

13 / 68    (PUP)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/TomTomHOME2winlatest.exe&sid=TomTom Home-US&uid=5033223&key=b70846e51c0517e64d443cf8d34ae0357e4df6de1a6ea72722c7f4ff24627ee2&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=TomTom Home&filename=TomTom Home Setup  (tomtom home setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/v2/click/pn8b7cor/?d=http://software.every-download.com/mbam-2.1.6.exe&sid=Malwarebytes-US&uid=5334937&key=4888954b6fda5405b97a02834c6c4e935e9607a44a8982c2b522bd67e5bde40a&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.png&n=Malwarebytes&filename=Malwarebytes Setup  (malwarebytes setup.exe)

The following 47 files have been seen to comunicate with a.softwaredownloads2.com in live environments.

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup_imgburn_2.5.8.0_download.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
kik for computer setup-efb5180a561c2ec1.exe

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
mpc-hc.1.7.10.x86_download.exe (Media Player Classic HomeCinema Edition by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setupimgburn_2.5.8.0_installer.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
microsoft toolkit-4f2c4058580128b8.exe

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (Chrome by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
rlvknlg.exe (Relevant-Knowledge by TMRG)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
chrome setup.exe (Chrome by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (Minecraft by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
n.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
rlvknlg.exe (Relevant-Knowledge by TMRG)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (FIFA 15 by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (Chrome by Software Assistant)

TCP » 159.203.253.236:80
setup.exe (ImgBurn by Software Assistant)

TCP » 104.131.2.201:80
setup.exe (Google Chrome by Download Assistant)

TCP » 104.131.2.201:80
setup.exe (DVD Shrink by Download Publisher)

TCP » 104.131.2.201:80
setup.exe (Java Runtime by Download Assistant)

 
Latest 20 of 48 files

URL:
http://a.softwaredownloads2.com/

Title:
“Welcome to nginx!”

Web server:
nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)

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