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inst.desktop-bar.com

Verti Technology Group, Inc.

Domain Information

The domain inst.desktop-bar.com registered by Verti Technology Group, Inc. was initially registered in June of 2015 through GANDI SAS. This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in Ashburn, Virginia within the United States which resides on the Amazon Technologies Inc. network. The domain uses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform.
Registrar:
GANDI SAS

Server location:
Virginia, United States (US)

Create date:
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Expires date:
Friday, June 3, 2016

Updated date:
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

ASN:
AS14618 AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc.,US

Root domain:
desktop-bar.com

Whois:
1 desktop-bar.com record

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DesktopDock.Installer (M), PUP.Vittalia.Software.Installer (M)
100.00%

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
50.00%

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
50.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.O potentially unwanted
50.00%

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.839
50.00%

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Verti.140920
50.00%

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
50.00%

The domain inst.desktop-bar.com has been seen to resolve to the following 2 IP addresses.

52.1.175.151
ec2-52-1-175-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com
July 16, 2015

52.0.164.105
ec2-52-0-164-105.compute-1.amazonaws.com
July 16, 2015

File downloads found at URLs served by inst.desktop-bar.com.

7 / 68      (PUP)
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/dl/1011/50020/7104/0/.../?s1=5695&s2=84923375  (setup.exe)

1 / 68      (PUP)
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/dl/1011/50020/7104/0/.../?s1=13090&s2=84756477  (setup.exe)

7 / 68      (PUP)
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/dl/1011/50020/7104/0/.../?s1=5695&s2=84931441  (setup.exe)

7 / 68      (PUP)
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/dl/1011/50020/7104/0/.../?s1=5824&s2=84653764  (setup.exe)

7 / 68      (PUP)
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/dl/1011/50020/7104/0/.../?s1=13090&s2=84756477  (setup.exe)

The following 10 files have been seen to comunicate with inst.desktop-bar.com in live environments.

TCP » 52.0.164.105:80
480.exe (RapidMediaConverterSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.0.164.105:80
rocketfuelinstaller_tinymediaplayer.exe

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
realplayer_rocketfuelinstaller.exe

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe

TCP » 52.0.164.105:80
setup.exe (StormAlertsSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.0.164.105:80
setup.exe (RapidMediaConverterSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
setup.exe (SafeGuardSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
setup.exe (StormWatchSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
setup.exe (StormAlertsSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
480.exe (RapidMediaConverterSetup.exe)

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
7zip_rocketfuelinstaller.exe

TCP » 52.1.175.151:80
mediaplayerclassicinstaller.exe

URL:
http://inst.desktop-bar.com/

Network:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), running an EC2 instance

Web server:
Apache/2.2.15 (PHP/5.3.3)

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