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a.parent-socket.info

Kalka Muraev

Domain Information

This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in Portland, Oregon within the United States which resides on the Amazon Technologies Inc. network. The domain uses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform from the US West (Oregon) region datacenter.
Registrar:
Name.com LLC (R279-LRMS)

Server location:
Oregon, United States (US)

ASN:
AS16509 AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc.,US

Root domain:
parent-socket.info

Whois:
1 parent-socket.info record

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
100.00%

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.MI application
100.00%

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
100.00%

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.MultiPlugGen.Win32.3
100.00%

Arcabit
Trojan.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
100.00%

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.MultiPlug.VA
100.00%

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.MultiPlug
100.00%

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.MPLug.35
100.00%

The domain a.parent-socket.info has been seen to resolve to the following 3 IP addresses.

54.68.13.248
ec2-54-68-13-248.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
June 19, 2015

54.213.72.9
ec2-54-213-72-9.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
June 19, 2015

54.200.195.191
ec2-54-200-195-191.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
June 19, 2015

File downloads found at URLs served by a.parent-socket.info.

18 / 68    (PUP)
http://a.parent-socket.info/hp/?q=x1wgRwDMhgkCIKEG xnCkL 5/8lqxVQ8s9wJfabXVLp6nEWE9WEfIudMqeW73oue8B2Se32ndXpz53uj/HJWG6eaycAvGsRIud5p6HFN2LQD5xqUrYxYzCF5rzLpghu2nPTLWoOR69j8RMMAn2x15NrFU1I/.../iQ1Iq7Sc1 ShGUpx5Fn8pZlozCFIM7RdHEaIRHuIie15XpTfC4MUoCNELTdU6gmIjpuJPQz 7sdokMOMT42Zhdn15ZU1tjtbRHWjfZzXiaVEBZXf sIHE7PR4ek4t6R1zvfwCaCTfHFRJvC5cPQIcrHrq26Jg0ONxUTRgLqYZJOp  (kanoon ajay devgan verified.exe)

The following 4 files have been seen to comunicate with a.parent-socket.info in live environments.

TCP » 54.213.72.9:80
setup installer.exe (Win by Microsoft)

TCP » 54.213.72.9:80
tmp5600.tmp

TCP » 54.213.72.9:80
tmp61f7.tmp

TCP » 54.68.13.248:80
tmp781a.tmp

URL:
http://a.parent-socket.info/

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

Web server:
openresty

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