Pinterest.aot.im

Posted: August 21, 2013

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Ranking:	3,476
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	22,257

First Seen:	August 21, 2013
Last Seen:	March 8, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Pinterest.aot.im is a website associated with browser hijacks that redirect your browser to Pinterest.aot.im – an attack that endangers the safety of your Web-browsing experience regardless of Pinterest.aot.im's content or lack thereof. While malware experts were unable to find any meaningful content on Pinterest.aot.im, they also found circumstantial evidence around Pinterest.aot.im-hijacking campaigns that may indicate Pinterest.aot.im being used to initiate drive-by-downloads and other malware-related activities. To ensure that your PC continues to be unimpeded by malicious software of any type, it's recommended for you to scan your PC with anti-malware tools after any contact with Pinterest.aot.im and remove Pinterest.aot.im hijackers from your PC as soon as possible.

Malware Analysts' Reasons for Having an Interest in Pinterest.aot.im

Using the rarely-availed domain suffix specific to the Isle of Man, Pinterest.aot.im is a website that currently lacks any form of meaningful content. However, Pinterest.aot.im does have a footprint on the Web thanks to its promotion by browser hijackers, which implement their Pinterest.aot.im-promoting attacks as browser redirects that load Pinterest.aot.im automatically. Since Pinterest.aot.im hijacker redirects often launch repeatedly and regardless of what sites you're trying to use, they may interfere with your browser to the point of making browsing the Web impossible. So far, Pinterest.aot.im hijackers are restricted to attacking Google Chrome, although there's no reason that similar attacks couldn't be made against other major browsers.

Pinterest.aot.im hijackers often are implemented alongside installations of the Internet Helper Toolbar, a browser plugin from the Conduit family. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers are quite well-familiarized with Internet Helper and its relatives through other browser-hijacking campaigns, although it's somewhat rare for Conduit-related browser hijackers to impede your normal Web-browsing behavior in the way that Pinterest.aot.im hijackers accomplish.

When a Possible PUP Bites Worse Than Its Bark

Conduit toolbars and related browser add-ons usually are considered Potentially Unwanted Programs – applications that don't have any benefits to your PC but are not necessarily designed to attack your PC, either. You should exercise a dutiful level of paranoia around any downloads offered by Pinterest.aot.im, including new browser plugins, software updates or seemingly mandatory patches. Instead, acquire these programs from their official sources.

Pinterest.aot.im hijackers are exceptionally tenacious but should not be ignored by switching browsers – even though no non-Chrome Pinterest.aot.im hijacks have been confirmed so far. PC threats capable of causing redirects to Pinterest.aot.im also may be capable of other attacks, and anti-malware tools always should be trusted to delete Pinterest.aot.im hijackers from your computer, enabling you to use Chrome as per usual.

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