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yandex.exe

Yandex Installer

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 and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-default04e.cdn.yandex.net.
Publisher:
Yandex LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
47.0.2526.7597

MD5:
8cfd5b9d386f8d8aa21196b481a35d18

SHA-1:
45470df977cfa85f096624f3b996a31f875abe48

SHA-256:
8bc6c6758ad3100ba868e55ae871a9f2b32e550aad95d6c15eab3e28e739a779

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:37:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.9.22

File size:
625.6 KB (640,632 bytes)

Product version:
47.0.2526.7597

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012-2015 YANDEX LLC. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\yandex.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yandex LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/17/2015 8:42:24 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2017 8:42:24 PM

Subject:
E=pki@yandex-team.ru, CN=Yandex LLC, OU=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:
112193734B618EB980DF4E9ED51D45352EB7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/30/2016 7:04:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:vCAukJf5/vQMLNJIdWN7zS0Rb4zIufiRQ1q11:aArJf5/vVXvpCz/f2QsT

Entry address:
0x21213

Entry point:
E8, 3B, D3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 0F, 84, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, CD, DC, FF, FF, 8B, 7D, 08, BE, FF, FF, FF, 7F, 85, FF, 74, 0E, 8B, 5D, 0C, 85, DB, 74, 07, 8B, 4D, 10, 3B, CE, 76, 12, E8, 81, 1F, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 9F, D2, FF, FF, EB, 4D, 8B, 45, F0, 83, B8, A8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0F, 51, 53, 57, E8, 65, D4, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, F0, EB, 32, 2B, FB, 0F, B6, 04, 1F, 8D, 4D, F0, 51, 50, E8, BF, DE, FF, FF, 8D...
 
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Code size:
225 KB (230,400 bytes)

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

https://cache-default04e.cdn.yandex.net/download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/flash/ru/.../Yandex.exe

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