Yahoo url

[lovelylentils]

Hi,

My friend noticed a strange url in the history when logged into yahoo.

http://217.12.8.115/uk.f265.mail.yahoo.com/ya/securedownload?mid=1_30777

.... then it goes on with loads of.

It looks pretty suspect to me, but she claims she never clicked on any dodgy emails at the time the history item appeared.

I'm not great at networky stuff, but when I looked this IP address up it seemed to be a valid yahoo server, although I don't really know what I'm looking for.

Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

Edited October 12, 2011 by AdvancedSetup
removed hyperlink

[AdvancedSetup]

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[lovelylentils]

I will do that shortly, but is there anyway to check on the validity of the ip address / URL? I want to try and get the bottom of where this URL is coming from. I suspect its actual valid somehow.

[AdvancedSetup]

Yes it is a Yahoo server in the UK. Typically nothing wrong with long URLs as they are often used as a means to obfuscate where a link or file really came from.

IP address: 217.12.8.115

Host name: attach.mail.vip.ukl.yahoo.com

217.12.8.115 is from United Kingdom(UK) in region Western Europe

[lovelylentils]

Yes it is a Yahoo server in the UK. Typically nothing wrong with long URLs as they are often used as a means to obfuscate where a link or file really came from.

IP address: 217.12.8.115

Host name: attach.mail.vip.ukl.yahoo.com

217.12.8.115 is from United Kingdom(UK) in region Western Europe

I really am cr*p at newtwork stuff, so presumably so long as the last bit of the URL is a yahoo domain (yahoo.com) it must a valid URL? I guess this means there is no point in getting the PC looked at?

Incidentally, what site did you use to look up that IP address?

Thanks

[AdvancedSetup]

I would probably at least make sure the local installation of Anti-Virus is up to date and scan the system to make sure nothing is found. Install, update, quick scan with MBAM as well just to make sure.

There are many sites for checking where a site is from.

Here is one of many out there: http://centralops.net/co/

Thanks

[lovelylentils]

I would probably at least make sure the local installation of Anti-Virus is up to date and scan the system to make sure nothing is found. Install, update, quick scan with MBAM as well just to make sure.

There are many sites for checking where a site is from.

Here is one of many out there: http://centralops.net/co/

Thanks

I've been scanning with MBAM and AVG 2012 and spybot loads and it seems alright. Just got a bit jumpy when I saw a random IP address in the history. Thanks for your help.

[AdvancedSetup]

No problem, you're quite welcome.

Take care