Deceiving domain - xg4ken.com
Xg4ken.com is a domain that belongs to a popular online publisher and advertising company Kenshoo Inc.- Israel based online marketing technology business. Its customers include giant names like Facebook, Resolution Media, Expedia, and others. However, many users started noticing suspicious activity on their Google Chrome and other browsers, which relates to this domain - they are being redirected several times until they land on an unknown website. Unfortunately, most of such sites are inappropriate, inadequate, filled with intrusive ads, or even malicious.
Kenshoo Inc. does not have anything to do with this intrusive browser behavior, however. Xg4ken.com domain can be abused by adware or other potentially unwanted program developers in order to insert advertisements into users' browsers without permission. Ad-supported software often engages in actions that are not strictly legal, although the monetization process is ensured due to ads that are displayed to Xg4ken.com adware infected users. Unfortunately, such ads can lead users to spam, phishing, tech support scam, spoofing, and other unsafe websites.
| Name | Xg4ken.com |
| Type | Adware |
| Developer | Kenshoo Inc |
| Purpose | To display pop-ups, in-text links, banners, flashing windows and other type of ads on all sites that users visit; redirect to affiliated/sponsored domains; monetize on pay-per-click, pay-per-install and other types of schemes |
| Related issues | Users reported that browser redirects prevent them from visiting certain websites, and multiple files related to Xg4ken.com are dropped on their machines. |
| Suspicious indicators | Hybrid Analysis disclosed that the domain has multiple malicious indicators, including network-related connections to hosts and input URLs |
