begin.downloadscenter.com

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Domain Information

The domain begin.downloadscenter.com is registered by proxy through GODADDY.COM, LLC and was originally registered in March of 2000. This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in Monroe, Louisiana within the United States which resides on the Akamai Technologies, Inc. network.
Registrar:
GODADDY.COM, LLC

Server location:
Louisiana, United States (US)

Create date:
Monday, March 27, 2000

Expires date:
Monday, March 27, 2017

Updated date:
Friday, July 17, 2015

ASN:
AS20940 AKAMAI-ASN1 Akamai International B.V.,US

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25266, Trojan.Packed.24524, Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant), Win32/InstallCore.ES (variant)
100.00%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
100.00%

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
83.33%

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
83.33%

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadandInstall.AA, PUP.DownloadandInstall.O, PUP.ISfreemium.M, PUP.installCore.DownloadandInstall (M)
83.33%

McAfee
Artemis!002361B686B6, Artemis!388FCE4471D8, Artemis!9E2C5A29F78C, Artemis!617F60F456DE
66.67%

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen, W32/A-42c63c6c
66.67%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0227, TROJ_GEN.F47V0110, TROJ_GEN.F47V1220, TROJ_GEN.F47V0412
66.67%

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
66.67%

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
66.67%

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.53116, Win32.Application.InstallCore, Trojan.Generic.11683617
50.00%

Sophos
Install Core Click run software, Generic PUA MF
50.00%

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.53116, Trojan.Generic.11683617
33.33%

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.53116, Trojan.Generic.11683617
33.33%

The domain begin.downloadscenter.com has been seen to resolve to the following 5 IP addresses.

May 21, 2016

May 3, 2015

May 3, 2015

a184-51-126-58.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
September 5, 2014

a184-51-126-74.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
September 5, 2014

File downloads found at URLs served by begin.downloadscenter.com.

15 / 68    (Adware)
http://begin.downloadscenter.com/.../Powerpoint Installer.exe  (icreinstall_powerpoint installer.exe)

15 / 68    (Adware)

8 / 68      (Adware)
http://begin.downloadscenter.com/.../Word Installer.exe  (388fce4471d8decd57cd1de3e352d80a)

18 / 68    (Adware)

20 / 68    (PUP)
http://begin.downloadscenter.com/.../Office Installer.exe  (ebefcf577f55271c22bca2258e0f9079)

11 / 68    (Adware)
http://begin.downloadscenter.com/.../Office Suite.exe  (85228fb74be6f8b7834ffdf2c850956a)

The following 18 files have been seen to comunicate with begin.downloadscenter.com in live environments.

 
Latest 20 of 22 files

URL:
http://begin.downloadscenter.com/

Web server:
Varnish