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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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.cdn.yandex.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Yandex LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
49.0.2623.7918

MD5:
5429b76d9ea119f92629bbb3f6278140

SHA-1:
624deedd239d34143670136cd93d50981c8e8043

SHA-256:
314cb3fc616ba6cd880a2dc923cae628e7b75d4f7dc3532da62d82a514da5ef0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:47:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Installer.Meta (L)
16.5.5.14

File size:
60.6 MB (63,522,936 bytes)

Product version:
49.0.2623.7918

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:
Yandex LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/17/2015 7:42:24 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2017 7:42:24 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:
4/18/2016 4:45:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1572864:pqECxNTWq0HvX8YGV3CIIxnIbEZKD60nuvcJ9zOCk2u:pCfWqAvoKapsy9aCk

Entry address:
0x218D3

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, 99, 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:
226.5 KB (231,936 bytes)

The file yandex.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/yandex/.../Yandex.exe

http://work-soft.net/.../download.php?id=MzY5MTE=d4e9950529259f6f1d6757073bec7cdb&dfu=MzY5MTE=d4e9950529259f6f1d6757073bec7cdb&sec_code=d9098&name=Yandex.exe

http://browser.yandex.ru/.../?from=link_main_serv_4_|&banerid=0401040058&download_date=1408902147&.exe

http://cache-default03d.cdn.yandex.net/download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/yandex/.../Yandex.exe

http://work-soft.net/.../download.php?id=MzY5MTE=d4e9950529259f6f1d6757073bec7cdb&dfu=MzY5MTE=d4e9950529259f6f1d6757073bec7cdb&sec_code=396c0&name=Yandex.exe

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