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mx.search.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Inc.

Domain Information

The domain mx.search.yahoo.com registered by Yahoo! Inc. was initially registered in January 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 Lockport, New York within the United States which resides on the Yahoo! Inc. network.
Registrar:
MARKMONITOR INC.

Server location:
New York, United States (US)

Create date:
Wednesday, January 18, 1995

Expires date:
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Updated date:
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

ASN:
AS26101 YAHOO-3 - Yahoo!,US

Root domain:
yahoo.com

Whois:
1 yahoo.com record

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
100.00%

avast!
Win32:RemoteAdmin-B [PUP]
100.00%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Ammyy!6.1139
100.00%

Dr.Web
riskware program Program.RemoteAdmin.701
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.B potentially unsafe application
100.00%

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
100.00%

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy
100.00%

F-Prot
W32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy
100.00%

The domain mx.search.yahoo.com has been seen to resolve to the following IP address.

98.137.201.252
rtr2.l7.search.vip.bf1.yahoo.com
February 10, 2016

File downloads found at URLs served by mx.search.yahoo.com.

8 / 68      (PUP)
https://mx.search.yahoo.com/.../web?hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_003&type=wbf_dstndrm_16_01&param1=1&param2=f=1&b=IE&cc=mx&pa=Wincy&cd=2XzuyEtN2Y1L1QzutD0AtDtDtByBtDtDtDtDtDtDzyzyzytBtN0D0Tzu0StCyEyCyDtN1L2XzutAtFtCyCtFtCtFtDtN1L1Czu1StN1L1G1B1V1N2Y1L1Qzu2SyB0CtDyD0AzzyEzztGtB0ByD0EtG0Ezy0EyBtGtDtByDtCtG0FtC0A0CtA0Dzy0A0A0AyD0E2QtN1M1F1B2Z1V1N2Y1L1Qzu2Szy0A0FtDyDtBtD0BtG0D0FzztCtGyEtDyE0FtGzz0ByBtBtGyBtA0AyB0F0CtA0BtAyDzzyE2QtN0A0LzuyEtN1B2Z1V1T1S1NzutCtBzyyB&cr=1509133961&a=wbf_dstndrm_16_01&os_ver=6.1&os=Windows 7 Ultimate  (aa_v3.exe)

The following 15 files have been seen to comunicate with mx.search.yahoo.com in live environments.

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
contentagent.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
ekrn.exe (ESET Smart Security by ESET)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
contentagent.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
xbrowser.exe (Avant Browser by Avant Force)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
FileAlyzer2.exe (FileAlyzer by Safer-Networking)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
Client.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
Client.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
spd.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
ruggerwheedertunengto.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
catwsprx.exe (CatWSPrx.exe by Catalytix Web Services)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
client.exe

TCP » 98.137.201.252:443
TheAnswerFinder.exe (TheAnswerFinder by Mime Ventures)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
wb.exe (Web Bar by Web Bar Media)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
wb.exe (Web Bar by Web Bar Media)

TCP » 98.137.201.252:80
client.exe (ClientWrapper)

URL:
http://mx.search.yahoo.com/

Title:
“Yahoo Search - Búsqueda Web”

Description:
“El búscador que te ayuda a encontrar exactamente lo que estás buscando. Encuentra la información, videos, imágenes y respuestas más relevantes en toda la Web.”

SSL certificate subject:
CN=search.yahoo.com, OU=Information Technology, O=Yahoo Inc., L=Sunnyvale, S=California, C=US

SSL certificate issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Web server:
ATS

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