The host at this IP address is obviously operated by cybercriminals. It is running a malware botnet controller which is being used to control infected computers (bots) around the globe using a trojan horse.
Malware botnet controller located at 45.79.212.97 on port 443 TCP:
$ telnet 45.79.212.97 443
Trying 45.79.212.97…
Connected to 45.79.212.97.
Escape character is ‘^]’
$ nslookup 45.79.212.97
li1311-97.members.linode.com
Referencing malware samples (MD5 hash):
0247222caf3b70431bb17ed46bf2cf94 — AV detection: 47 / 66 (71.21%)
378fa6fbd041e1fe8b817944645f7bb5 — AV detection: 42 / 70 (60.00%)
51c527a13d26dbae768098f26f49bc42 — AV detection: 29 / 70 (41.43%)
6a56e9c66beb428f1cb669f1aaf4a22e — AV detection: 36 / 69 (52.17%)
706b8fb52e4ec144841ec7165de1c2f0 — AV detection: 46 / 70 (65.71%)
8758f0d7d50bfd8a4e4e663fedc1b1e3 — AV detection: 38 / 70 (54.29%)
a56687f06817fe7a6a48c43d8d7133c2 — AV detection: 29 / 66 (43.94%)
a648f287ded01899c5018bf6a0c919ea — AV detection: 17 / 71 (23.94%)
a880e4e346f032c1e200ce808e5cbf9f — AV detection: 21 / 71 (29.58%)
ad174f1923c01c67e8b38f1e6864ea1f — AV detection: 43 / 71 (60.56%)
b5216ac0ee6839938ff9e74fed535a0b — AV detection: 30 / 71 (42.25%)
c61f82418d155c6a2b61f9f9b7f7d2ed — AV detection: 30 / 71 (42.25%)
cb0fed54e34f1602e3c14f5bfc02bf8e — AV detection: 44 / 70 (62.86%)
ed995f31ee2575bc8c1de5efa0503019 — AV detection: 34 / 71 (47.89%)
fe58d74c44660f3abd7a4a7c72b21c72 — AV detection: 36 / 66 (54.55%)