install.websparkle.biz

Yontoo LLC  (via a Proxy Registrant)

Domain Information

install.websparkle.biz is operated by Sambreel's (now QuestPoint) subsidiary Yontoo. The domain install.websparkle.biz is registered by proxy through GODADDY.COM, INC. and was originally registered in August of 2013. This domain has been known to host and distribute potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in Atlanta, Georgia within the United States which resides on the Cox Communications Inc. network. The domain is associated with the publisher Yontoo LLC who is located in Carlsbad, California in the United States.
Registrar:
GODADDY.COM, INC.

Server location:
Georgia, United States (US)

Create date:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Expires date:
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Updated date:
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

ASN:
AS54761 ARIN-SAMBREEL-SVCS - Sambreel Services, LLC

Root domain:

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebSparkle.Q, PUP.Yontoo (M)
100.00%

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.95
50.00%

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
50.00%

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
50.00%

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
50.00%

AVG
Generic
50.00%

The domain install.websparkle.biz has been seen to resolve to the following 3 IP addresses.

a104-96-221-106.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
August 15, 2016

a104-96-221-105.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
August 15, 2016

wsip-70-186-131-236.sd.sd.cox.net
December 1, 2014

File downloads found at URLs served by install.websparkle.biz.

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://install.websparkle.biz/ud  (websparkleuninstaller.exe)

6 / 68      (Adware)
http://install.websparkle.biz/ud  (websparkleuntemp.exe)

The following 4 files have been seen to comunicate with install.websparkle.biz in live environments.

URL:
http://install.websparkle.biz/

SSL certificate subject:
CN=*.websparkle.biz, OU=Domain Control Validated - RapidSSL(R), OU=See www.rapidssl.com/resources/cps (c)14, OU=GT80060421, SERIALNUMBER=hhsSr13Q7YLpRPuAJTZ6Du7eISbTlw5H

SSL certificate issuer:
CN=RapidSSL CA, O="GeoTrust, Inc.", C=US

Web server:
Microsoft-IIS/7.5 (ASP.NET)

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