Critical risk detected
5 of 91 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is hallonews.servemp3.com legit or a scam?
Known malware C2 server hallonews.servemp3.com:5500 connects from trojans in fake Foxit PDF scams, flagged malicious by 5 antivirus engines.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
This subdomain serves as a command-and-control endpoint for malware, specifically in a fake Foxit PDF installer campaign where trojans like personalfoxypdf.msi connect to hallonews.servemp3.com:5500. Five antivirus engines—ADMINUSLabs, Certego, CyRadar, ESET, and Fortinet—detect it as malicious, with alphaMountain.ai marking it suspicious. The parent domain servemp3.com has a history tied to a 2014 Microsoft sinkhole for dynamic DNS abuse. Despite the domain's age of over 26 years and no browser blocklist hits, the direct malware infrastructure role overrides any positives. Our analysis confirms high-risk malware activity.
Website Preview
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hallonews.servemp3.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- hallonews.servemp3.com:5500 used as C2 server by malware in fake Foxit PDF installer campaign
- Malware executes 'C:\intel-gpu\gpu.exe' connecting to hallonews.servemp3.com:5500 with autoreconnect
- personalfoxypdf.msi analyzed by Joe Sandbox connects to hallonews.servemp3.com (IP 185.196.8.199)
- Reported in G DATA security blog on April 23, 2026
- Detected as Trojan.Siggen32.13203 by Dr.Web
- servemp3.com is legacy No-IP dynamic DNS domain from 2014 Microsoft sinkhole incident
- servemp3.com rated legitimate by scamminder.com with 100/100 trust score
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with hallonews.servemp3.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags hallonews.servemp3.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hallonews.servemp3.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- hallonews.servemp3.com is 26.2 years old, registered on 2/5/2000 through No-IP Technologies, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 6 out of 91 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged hallonews.servemp3.com as malicious or suspicious (5 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. hallonews.servemp3.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
Final Verdict
hallonews.servemp3.com is a command-and-control server used by trojan malware in fake PDF installer campaigns. Multiple antivirus engines including ESET, Fortinet, and CyRadar flag it as malware. Avoid this site completely to protect your device.
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