update.safesearch.net

AVSoftware

Domain Information

The domain update.safesearch.net registered by AVSoftware was initially registered in August of 2002 through GODADDY.COM, LLC. This domain has been known to host and distribute adware as well as other 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 Cloudfront CDN service which utilizes a number of proxy IP Addresses (see below).
Registrar:
GODADDY.COM, LLC

Server location:
Virginia, United States (US)

Create date:
Monday, August 19, 2002

Expires date:
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Updated date:
Sunday, August 9, 2015

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

Root domain:

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AVSoftwareEOOD.G, PUP.Installer.AVSoftwareEOOD.O, PUP.Installer.AVSoftware EOOD, Threat.AVSoftware EOOD.Installer, PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.Installer, PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.AVSoftwareEOOD.Installer (M), PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.Installer (M)
100.00%

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined, Adware.Toolbar.247
88.89%

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
44.44%

Sophos
Install Core Click run software, PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
33.33%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
33.33%

AVG
Generic
22.22%

The domain update.safesearch.net has been seen to resolve to the following 50 IP addresses.

server-54-192-18-189.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-153.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-120.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-106.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-69.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-31.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-237.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-18-219.iad12.r.cloudfront.net
May 27, 2016

server-54-192-195-52.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-34.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-224.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-215.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-128.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-92.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-54-192-195-61.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
May 15, 2016

server-52-85-130-189.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-152.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-125.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-99.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-58.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-47.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-212.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-52-85-130-196.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 22, 2016

server-54-192-195-113.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-55.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-6.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-232.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-211.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-187.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

server-54-192-195-169.iad53.r.cloudfront.net
April 5, 2016

 
Showing 30 of 50 IP Addresses

File downloads found at URLs served by update.safesearch.net.

1 / 68      (Adware)

5 / 68      (Adware)

6 / 68      (Adware)

2 / 68      (Adware)
http://update.safesearch.net/setup_avsoft_3.exe  (6c35a4bca71f43a1950266c546f65d48)

2 / 68      (Adware)

3 / 68      (Adware)

2 / 68      (Adware)

6 / 68      (Adware)

2 / 68      (Adware)

The following 5 files have been seen to comunicate with update.safesearch.net in live environments.

URL:
http://update.safesearch.net/

Network:
Amazon Cloudfront

SSL certificate subject:
CN=safesearch.net

SSL certificate issuer:
CN=Amazon, OU=Server CA 1B, O=Amazon, C=US

Web server:
AmazonS3