secure.pn-installer8.com

Adknowledge  (via a Proxy Registrant)

Domain Information

This is a distribution host for a number of Adknowledge installers including (Fusion Installer, Wrap Installer, Premium Instal, Optimum Installer and many others). The installers are bundled download managers that include adware/ad-supported offers. The domain secure.pn-installer8.com is registered by proxy through TUCOWS DOMAINS 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 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. The domain is associated with the publisher Adknowledge.
Registrar:
TUCOWS DOMAINS INC.

Server location:
Virginia, United States (US)

Create date:
Monday, August 12, 2013

Expires date:
Friday, August 12, 2016

Updated date:
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

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

Root domain:

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.S, PUP.Installer.Adknowledge, PUP.Adknowledge.FusionInstall.Installer (M), PUP.Adknowledge.WARPINSTALLER.Installer (M), PUP.Adknowledge (M)
100.00%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
71.43%

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
71.43%

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Badur.cxnsau, Riskware.Win32.IBryte.daxcft
71.43%

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Badur, PUA.Agent
71.43%

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
71.43%

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.Z, TrojWare.Win32.IBryte.AE
71.43%

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28561, Trojan.Packed.27922, Trojan.Packed.27351, Trojan.Packed.26508
71.43%

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314, Threat.4150696
71.43%

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145314
71.43%

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AC application, Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AH application, Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AL application, Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Z application
71.43%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Agent!6.1908, PE:Malware.Agent!6.1930
71.43%

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent, AdWare.iBryte
71.43%

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.KM, Adware Generic_s.CW
71.43%

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
71.43%

The domain secure.pn-installer8.com has been seen to resolve to the following 2 IP addresses.

ec2-54-243-186-169.compute-1.amazonaws.com
January 5, 2015

ec2-54-243-183-125.compute-1.amazonaws.com
January 5, 2015

File downloads found at URLs served by secure.pn-installer8.com.

1 / 68      (Adware)

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37 / 68    (Adware)

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The following 5 files have been seen to comunicate with secure.pn-installer8.com in live environments.

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