The host at this IP address is running a malware botnet controller which is being used to control infected computers (bots) around the globe using a trojan horse.
Loki botnet controller located at 178.128.244.245 on port 80 (using HTTP POST):
hXXp://178.128.244.245/search.php
Referencing malware binaries (MD5 hash):
04d719f8f064331d96a9eaed4788f16c — AV detection: 19 / 67 (28.36)
38d24c5271d3d1a401b412d68eff5861 — AV detection: 14 / 68 (20.59)
3f3e2a62f5596bb777634b88b29468bb — AV detection: 40 / 68 (58.82)
6187656594dcce3597c0b0ab5f06c9b4 — AV detection: 17 / 66 (25.76)
98dbb3a09173419e5b0ea454d47f5bd2 — AV detection: 28 / 68 (41.18)
b47dcb6d32689a4d5e552a7918a9c732 — AV detection: 42 / 68 (61.76)
d8081ffd56d00c2a5e572dfee51055b0 — AV detection: 29 / 68 (42.65)