pagead2.googlesyndication.com - suspicious URL scan, 21 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned pagead2.googlesyndication.com and returned a suspicious verdict (score 45), categorised as phishing. The page resolved to 142.250.195.98 on Google LLC in IN. The domain was registered 8613 days ago through MarkMonitor Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 300 malware samples communicate with this URL. This is a point-in-time observation from 21 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: 142.250.195.98 · AS15169 · IN
- Server: cafe
- HTTP status: 200 · text/javascript; charset=ISO-8859-1
- Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. · domain age 8613 days · created 2003-01-21
- Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-21 06:37:15 UTC
Malware communicating with this URL (300)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from pagead2.googlesyndication.com. Each links to its full analysis.
- 4c9ce1e94cc5d465943c6173b657a5ea943fe6074e41e67175bcfbaa89c1155c - referenced ·
4c9ce1e94cc5d465943c6173b657a5ea· first seen 2026-08-21 - df0b6d5fe59640afed53654288ca772f7eccd8fa37680e6abdd347d6a2e2c701 - referenced ·
df0b6d5fe59640afed53654288ca772f· first seen 2026-08-21 - df02671c8e9c7309d24748bbf24c8cab67cdaefe9959453d114a22176e2195c7 - referenced ·
df02671c8e9c7309d24748bbf24c8cab· first seen 2026-08-21 - df066392d67063967325fcddf0440399235a135700429a5a238539f363b2ef67 - referenced ·
df066392d67063967325fcddf0440399· first seen 2026-08-21 - df0c5e2ad353b95181049583eb51fe362405600d1b54addd1780c0230e868115 - referenced ·
df0c5e2ad353b95181049583eb51fe36· first seen 2026-08-21 - df0798f47b2ec938c54deac325a2198d27b40844de30a017f1092b791bd63ba4 - referenced ·
df0798f47b2ec938c54deac325a2198d· first seen 2026-08-21 - ca7726ad2e2b7e2e2b54cac2628ee57355d8348a1d646c7bcc6133e8e33d7786 - referenced ·
ca7726ad2e2b7e2e2b54cac2628ee573· first seen 2026-08-21 - df0cbed9f699bde5b6e5bdd8bb90fb758be8da1da8193f7a1926b723c80f3c3a - referenced ·
df0cbed9f699bde5b6e5bdd8bb90fb75· first seen 2026-08-21 - df005303d25ba52dd45404a4338a35b842537e509a195d12516600df4e395591 - referenced ·
df005303d25ba52dd45404a4338a35b8· first seen 2026-08-21 - f72fbdd9ba306e8ae90d7c7fc1583ed0d45030a6161b3629386e1437a1f529af - referenced ·
f72fbdd9ba306e8ae90d7c7fc1583ed0· first seen 2026-08-21 - df0ca77091577e8d10733e232f43e838ebcaae71ea3e604c70c1e670e8c52e3f - referenced ·
df0ca77091577e8d10733e232f43e838· first seen 2026-08-21 - df05cdb875c8c739f4790ded50c1a5a9c6f775bdd704471f725e21582e38c4d3 - referenced ·
df05cdb875c8c739f4790ded50c1a5a9· first seen 2026-08-21 - 59ab60f5ab473f74bf6c10c8caee883ddf40faaf4ee2dd8f5fb22adb00481e16 - referenced ·
59ab60f5ab473f74bf6c10c8caee883d· first seen 2026-08-21 - df05cd3736dd18eb19d506b05d8290e05aa4ee725c0457830f55c6cac87919f9 - referenced ·
df05cd3736dd18eb19d506b05d8290e0· first seen 2026-08-21 - df60f059ae7732873e9c98128bc6622829f269f72f3c78268c6e0efcac9a1df4 - referenced ·
df60f059ae7732873e9c98128bc66228· first seen 2026-08-21
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
- 142.250.195.98 - AS15169 Google LLC (India)
Files served by this page
- f.txt ·
8ad8ea68d7bb3e7f9ff9eaf7c5846664
Observed indicators
- pagead2.googlesyndication.com
- 142.250.195.98
- 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.
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http://jotamaria-bbareiabranca.blogspot.com/search - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
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Questions about pagead2.googlesyndication.com
- Is pagead2.googlesyndication.com safe?
- No. MalwareAnalyzer scanned pagead2.googlesyndication.com on 21 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?
- 300 analysed samples communicate with this URL.
- 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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