I used a rather old URL I had saved to go to IZSoftware to download IZArc and was redirected to what I suspect to be a malware distribution site.

redirected URL: hxxp://www.izsoft.dir.bg/


suspect URL: hxxp://archiveutility.com/

Yes I know current URL for IZSoftware.

dir.bg appears to be a free hosting service, so it may be that the original owner dropped the "izsoft" uname and someone else picked it up.

on the surface, archiveutility.com appears to be a parked domain with lots of advertising.

did you have any specific reason to suspect malware?

by the way, I did not know the current url for izsoftware.
apparently it is
http://www.izarc.org/
although it can also be downloaded from download sites such as
http://www.snapfiles.com/publishers/izsoftware/index.html

Makes sense, should have thought of that myself, thanks.

So you don't think there is any real problem with that site?

I does look like the site is in place to lead the unaware to many questionable scam sites to take their money and/or get their information.

I wasn't able to find any scam sites in my cursory examination.

that widgetbucks site they link to looks like a waste of space on the internet, but I didn't see any links to outright fraudulent like phishing, malware, money mule, fake drugs, etc.

Overall, it looks like a site I would avoid, but possibly benign.

Did you find anything I missed?

I couldn't find any malware either.

Thanks. You have been very helpful. If I suspect a possible malicious site I will continue to post. Better to have someone who deals in this daily take a look. I also learned a lot just browsing that site and the follow on links. I just don't see how anyone can fall pray to this sort of think, sites like this really seem like a waist of space.