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Dictionary.com

Domain Information

The domain media.dictionary.com registered by Dictionary.com was initially registered in May of 1995 through MARKMONITOR INC.. This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other potentially unwanted software. The hosted servers are located in Seattle, Washington within the United States which resides on the IAC Search & Media Inc network.
Registrar:
MARKMONITOR INC.

Server location:
Washington, United States (US)

Create date:
Sunday, May 14, 1995

Expires date:
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Updated date:
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Root domain:
dictionary.com

Whois:
1 dictionary.com record

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.M, Threat.Win.Reputation (M), PUP.Installer.Dictionary.i, PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant), Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe (variant)
100.00%

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417, Adware.Downware.1661
60.00%

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Ask
60.00%

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Bundled, PUA.Win32.AskToolbar
60.00%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A, PUP.Optional.BundledToolBar.A
40.00%

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/InstallQ
40.00%

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.crduvi
40.00%

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.LockScreen
40.00%

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
40.00%

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
40.00%

The domain media.dictionary.com has been seen to resolve to the following IP address.

66.235.120.109
media.iad.ask.com
April 14, 2014

File downloads found at URLs served by media.dictionary.com.

12 / 68    (Adware)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/PIP/.../Dictionary.com Toolbar_DICT10_InstallerV2.exe  (f7fcdcc9bb8a91bdf506775b2b8bf703)

5 / 68      (PUP)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/PIP/.../Dictionarycom Toolbar_DICT1_DDC004_Installer.exe  (dictionarycom toolbar_dict1_ddc005_installer.exe)

2 / 68      (Malware)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/.../IEDictionaryToolbarInstaller_DIC2V5_askgog-202_tbr_sa_hpr_1.12.2.0.exe  (iedictionarytoolbarinstaller_dic2v5_askgog-195_tbr_1.12.2.0.exe)

2 / 68      (Malware)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/.../IEDictionaryToolbarInstaller_DIC2V5_askgog-187_tbr_sa_hpr_1.9.1.0.exe  (ffdictionarytoolbarinstaller_dic2v5_gog-187_tbr_sa_hpr_1.9.1.0.exe)

11 / 68    (PUP)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/PIP/.../Dictionarycom Toolbar_DICT6_DDC010_Installer.exe  (AskInstaller.exe)

11 / 68    (PUP)
http://media.dictionary.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-dictionary/PIP/.../Dictionary.com Toolbar_DICT6_DDC010_Installer.exe  (AskInstaller.exe)

The following file have been seen to comunicate with media.dictionary.com in live environments.

TCP » 66.235.120.109:80
Magentic_Install.exe (Magentic Installer)

URL:
http://media.dictionary.com/

Web server:
Apache/2.2.11 (Unix)

ask.com

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