secure.7-pn-installer.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.7-pn-installer.com is registered by proxy through TUCOWS DOMAINS INC. and was originally registered in January of 2014. 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, January 20, 2014

Expires date:
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Updated date:
Monday, January 20, 2014

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

Root domain:

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.G
100.00%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
100.00%

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cuifvl
100.00%

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
100.00%

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
100.00%

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
100.00%

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2203
100.00%

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
100.00%

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
100.00%

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
100.00%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
100.00%

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.ATG
100.00%

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
100.00%

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.IBryte.S
100.00%

The domain secure.7-pn-installer.com has been seen to resolve to the following 2 IP addresses.

ec2-54-197-244-146.compute-1.amazonaws.com
September 5, 2014

ec2-54-197-244-130.compute-1.amazonaws.com
September 5, 2014

File downloads found at URLs served by secure.7-pn-installer.com.

24 / 68    (Adware)
http://secure.7-pn-installer.com/o/.../update.exe  (c6b60444ab78795012a67e3630c2346a)

The following file have been seen to comunicate with secure.7-pn-installer.com in live environments.

URL:
http://secure.7-pn-installer.com/

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

Web server:
Microsoft-IIS/7.5 (ASP.NET) (Version: 2.0.50727)

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