yandex.exe

Yandex

YANDEX LLC

The application yandex.exe by YANDEX has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from soft-file.ru. While running, it connects to the Internet address cache-kiev07.cdn.yandex.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
YANDEX LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex

Version:
17.1.0.2034

MD5:
edd9a85b7c094b1776eb18ef1d1ff919

SHA-1:
3f7bd844448f5fe47809ac4b163d4ac3a0567bcc

SHA-256:
46e883520cca12c53c90bb30242900c48c779fca9d62734b94fdd74bfb29cdc4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:07:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex (L)
17.1.27.16

File size:
1 MB (1,069,560 bytes)

Product version:
17.1.0.2034

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012-2016 YANDEX LLC. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\yandex.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/25/2015 1:44:52 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2017 1:44:52 PM

Subject:
E=pki@yandex-team.ru, CN=YANDEX LLC, O=YANDEX LLC, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11210FF6462B63D55AFBAA81F9C734A7AA94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2017 4:14:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0x2E2E5

Entry point:
E8, BD, 08, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, CC, B9, 01, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, 08, BA, 45, 00, EB, 1C, B9, 02, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, 10, BA, 45, 00, EB, 0D, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, 08, BA, 45, 00, 66, 0F, 7E, C0, 25, FF, FF, FF, 7F, 3D, 00, 00, 80, 7F, 0F, 83, 4C, 01, 00, 00, F3, 0F, 5A, C0, 83, F9, 02, 75, 18, F2, 0F, 10, 15, 28, BA, 45, 00, 66, 0F, 2F, C2, 76, 0A, BA, 10, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3D, 01, 00, 00, 66, 0F, 2F, C5, 0F, 83, 21, 01, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 35, 00, BA, 45, 00, 66, 0F, 2F...
 
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Code size:
329 KB (336,896 bytes)

The file yandex.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://soft-file.ru/golink/http://download.yandex.ru/yandex-pack/browser/.../Yandex.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.yandex.net  (5.45.205.234:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to api.browser.yandex.ru  (87.250.250.82:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to clck.yandex.ru  (213.180.204.14:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to storage.ape.yandex.net  (213.180.204.55:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-mskm901.cdn.yandex.net  (5.45.220.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-minsk03.cdn.yandex.net  (5.45.208.5:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-minsk02.cdn.yandex.net  (5.45.208.16:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-kiev07.cdn.yandex.net  (141.8.174.112:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-ekt05.cdn.yandex.net  (95.108.180.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cache-ams01.cdn.yandex.net  (5.45.247.9:80)

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