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Tuesday 19 November 2013

Alert: Somoto, AdworkMedia, Topfiles.me

Here yet again, we have more misleading badness from Somoto, via Adworkmedia and courtesy of Topfiles.me (one of a number of pathetic "download sites" that actually aren't ....).


The URLs;

hxxp://topfiles.me/hVVXLBYLJM
hxxp://topfiles.me/offer_set.php?file=115113&o=2912&u=6765
hxxp://www.adworkmedia.com/go.php?camp=4338&pub=4071&sid=212.56.95.253_115113_6765_4
hxxps://www.adworkmedia.com/go.php?camp=4338&pub=4071&sid=212.56.95.253_115113_6765_4&refT=http%3A%2F%2Ftopfiles.me%2Foffer_set.php%3Ffile%3D115113%26o%3D1187%26u%3D6765
hxxps://www.adworkmedia.com/stream.php?stream=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kb3dueHNvZnQuY29tL25scC9lL2Fkd29ya21lZGlhL2ZyZWVfbWVkaWFfcGxheWVyP3AxPTEmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1hZHdvcmttZWRpYSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWFmZmlsaWF0ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MSZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1mcmVlX21lZGlhX3BsYXllciZwMz0xOTc5NzUzNzAtNDA3MQ==
hxxp://www.downxsoft.com/nlp/e/adworkmedia/free_media_player?p1=1&utm_source=adworkmedia&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1&utm_content=free_media_player&p3=197957679-4071
hxxp://download.softiglu.com/nlp/h/adworkmedia/flvplayer/dl?p1=1&p3=197957679-4071&datetime=20131119_2211&utm_source=adworkmedia&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1&translate=en&tracking_percent=23.13&software_name=Video+Player&download_country=UK×tamp=1384899108

Oh and as for the media player it claims you're getting, what you actually get is a machine filled with adware.

I was also pointed in the direction of the following, which is yet another company involved in the peddling of this rubbish - Finedream Invest Ltd;

hxxp://www.freefilesdownloader.com
hxxp://www.freefilesdownloader.com/fetch//MS0yMDAwMC0xMzg0ODk5Nzk0LTkwMTY2MmZlODdiNDMzMzYyYjllZTU0ZGZjMzAzNmFh
hxxp://www.freefilesdownloader.com/getoxy/Downloader__2000001.exe?st=zzFRuN8tfNvOlwpKRFO-VQ&e=1384986196&fileid=901662fe87b433362b9ee54dfc3036aa


Finedream Invest Ltd claim to be at;

11 Rosemont Road
Hampstead
London
NW3 6NG

Well sorry folks, but nope - they're not;

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=11+Rosemont+Road+nw3+6ng&hl=en&ll=51.549348,-0.182758&spn=0.000462,0.001321&sll=51.549259,-0.182792&hnear=11+Rosemont+Rd,+London+NW3+6NG,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=20&iwloc=A

That address belongs to "AMR Specialist Recruitment Consultants", meaning it's likely they're using a "virtual presence" in the UK.

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