pagead2.googlesyndication.com - suspicious URL scan, 20 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned pagead2.googlesyndication.com and returned a suspicious verdict (score 45), categorised as phishing. The page resolved to 142.251.222.226 on Google LLC in MY. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 240 malware samples communicate with this URL (Autolike). This is a point-in-time observation from 20 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.
Scan result
- Verdict: suspicious (score 45) · Confidence 54%
- Scanned URL:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js - Domain: pagead2.googlesyndication.com · IP: 142.251.222.226 · AS15169 · MY
- Server: cafe
- HTTP status: 200 · text/javascript; charset=ISO-8859-1
- Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-20 13:12:28 UTC
Malware communicating with this URL (240)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from pagead2.googlesyndication.com. Each links to its full analysis.
- 87478dcbb3af72b470af5317d377761b22313217afdb5f40f109ee3f05f2843f - referenced ·
87478dcbb3af72b470af5317d377761b· first seen 2026-08-20 - 3470d10410ffb47fa7b9a3669a280e0b56f6909f14ac8d5887f3f8c11f49ece7 - referenced ·
3470d10410ffb47fa7b9a3669a280e0b· first seen 2026-08-20 - 8e5a9a6e9be1ff5a1bc9c88ad607abc5514b94451ae037320f9e53a37884c913 - referenced ·
8e5a9a6e9be1ff5a1bc9c88ad607abc5· first seen 2026-08-20 - bd56432d8c49039f839455a8545e50c253bdccdde73ee8ecc10307716de32eca - referenced ·
bd56432d8c49039f839455a8545e50c2· first seen 2026-08-20 - bd5b15f3cbbe399434e2ecd328075df1fb9cab9742f646122f365614a6db84a8 - referenced ·
bd5b15f3cbbe399434e2ecd328075df1· first seen 2026-08-20 - bd551bcf712734ec3228165e2745f34e6ded5e1a14b12c22a067d4f6fbb1a9ed - referenced ·
bd551bcf712734ec3228165e2745f34e· first seen 2026-08-20 - bd58075d1236bd5beb83c7cf5bdeb5fc06e1139fe108bdd12db0501ac6c4f737 - referenced ·
bd58075d1236bd5beb83c7cf5bdeb5fc· first seen 2026-08-20 - 5707b10c0d7e1fb3b7dcf9a8ac9e6c2b3f0175d976534b3ce9d62bc450509979 - referenced ·
5707b10c0d7e1fb3b7dcf9a8ac9e6c2b· first seen 2026-08-20 - bd5da4c68b012520a8d9998bd599c7a83005c9fc5b8a157f12a1a0004590eeaf - referenced ·
bd5da4c68b012520a8d9998bd599c7a8· first seen 2026-08-20 - 404d84139c11327bad496275ab894286cec03ee9e14c60b1fde9abf854630f01 - referenced ·
404d84139c11327bad496275ab894286· first seen 2026-08-20 - 7f9955283d8a63dc7f55f704dadc52f324a702e39f756cde29bb4d2784795b4f - referenced ·
7f9955283d8a63dc7f55f704dadc52f3· first seen 2026-08-20 - 6b19127b4ec7d8a63b3f8e2be8e6943982bd10a3fcc6e7d04b787ca436b44deb - referenced ·
6b19127b4ec7d8a63b3f8e2be8e69439· first seen 2026-08-20 - f42ed8152f18003c8b4cee0648d99e41d2c14618599485afb8e6c162b9985306 - referenced ·
f42ed8152f18003c8b4cee0648d99e41· first seen 2026-08-20 - Autolike - referenced ·
bd54f77f3def42f65bc0b86e24c40d69· first seen 2026-08-20 - 74cac63dc4d4d7bda62e9b5b52ff2e0c53199201d86ca82a36bd1313f86173e8 - referenced ·
74cac63dc4d4d7bda62e9b5b52ff2e0c· first seen 2026-08-20
Antivirus & YARA (0 of 47 engines)
No engine flagged this page's content.
Categories
- phishing
Why this verdict
- Domain impersonates google (combosquat)
- File download routed to the malware sandbox (f.txt)
- Served over plaintext HTTP
Contacted infrastructure
- 142.251.222.226 - AS15169 Google LLC (Malaysia)
Files served by this page
- f.txt ·
9070870437f4f7a884d58c4e09053228
Observed indicators
- pagead2.googlesyndication.com
- 142.251.222.226
- http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
Other scans of pagead2.googlesyndication.com (10)
This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.
- 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotamaria-cearense.blogspot.com/search - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotamaria-ccdejoaocamara.blogspot.com/search - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotajunior-servicosrn.blogspot.com/search - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotajunior-servicosrn.blogspot.com/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://legendsnewsbr.blogspot.com/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://moda.net.pl/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://moda.net.pl/moda/polecamy/keep-calm-and-wait-for-friday - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotamaria-atheneurn.blogspot.com/search - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotamaria-atheneurn.blogspot.com/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
http://jotamaria-atheneurn.blogspot.com/2013/
Questions about pagead2.googlesyndication.com
- Is pagead2.googlesyndication.com safe?
- No. MalwareAnalyzer scanned pagead2.googlesyndication.com on 20 Aug 2026 and returned a suspicious verdict with a score of 45 out of 100, categorised as phishing. Treat it as hostile until it is re-checked.
- What malware is associated with pagead2.googlesyndication.com?
- 240 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Autolike.
- How was pagead2.googlesyndication.com checked?
- A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.
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