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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 cache-turk05.cdn.yandex.net.
Publisher:
YANDEX LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
44.0.2403.3043

MD5:
d6e9bc8e1f8a96d96b8aa87567f0d166

SHA-1:
6685789ecdfd1d5ba47e74ee5f6dbff2ea564b6a

SHA-256:
e797e849f8d411872dc6f2c2feaf5c003446a7124977058bced83ecc9747bc8d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:01:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.2.2

File size:
569 KB (582,608 bytes)

Product version:
44.0.2403.3043

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012-2014 YANDEX LLC. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
YANDEX LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=YANDEX LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=YANDEX LLC, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3667E158B524C8FFBFE538172786F1E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2015 11:07:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vyti182QW3v1r8U2e4Va1aJv0ORUUkFJhSDEUcDH9AJDouAvda9+p7I8mD:vytrbMvL2fM1a50MzO9KJcjvdaJrD

Entry address:
0x1EB66

Entry point:
E8, B8, D9, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 8B, C3, 56, 83, E8, 00, 0F, 84, DD, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, C5, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 8F, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 3E, 16, 00, 00, 8B, 55, 0C, 48, 0F, 84, AC, 15, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 83, FB, 20, 0F, 82, A1, 04, 00, 00, 8B, 06, 3B, 02, 0F, 84, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, F8, 0F, B6, 02, 2B, F8, 74, 16, 33, C9, 85, FF, 0F, 9F, C1, 8D, 0C, 4D, FF, FF, FF, FF, 85, C9, 0F, 85, 9B, 08, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 7E, 01, 0F, B6, 42, 01, 2B, F8, 74, 16, 33...
 
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Code size:
221 KB (226,304 bytes)

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

https://cache-turk05.cdn.yandex.net/download.cdn.yandex.net/downloadable_soft/browser/.../Yandex.exe

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