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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-default02g.cdn.yandex.net.
Publisher:
Yandex LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
51.0.2704.3342

MD5:
25d9a9133fb3a4d1971312f8dd346422

SHA-1:
bc1997f0ac18ef9d271d39f8fd7457a88885e68d

SHA-256:
946b5776e99a1117a208ffab6010312780eb9d14cb5b8dd9639a9f7d232c3b84

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 8:34:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex (L)
16.8.7.15

File size:
989.1 KB (1,012,808 bytes)

Product version:
51.0.2704.3342

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{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:
7/7/2016 2:06:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:u2FONnL9PvES28WnurlpiMQLY8LR3SZ9Xco2xsDca0d:pUhcr8WnrxLY8LRiZ9XcFg4

Entry address:
0x2B459

Entry point:
E8, 8F, 09, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, B9, 01, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, A8, 46, 45, 00, EB, 1C, B9, 02, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, B0, 46, 45, 00, EB, 0D, B9, 03, 00, 00, 00, F2, 0F, 10, 2D, A8, 46, 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, C8, 46, 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...
 
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Code size:
315.5 KB (323,072 bytes)

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

https://cache-default02g.cdn.yandex.net/download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/switch-browser/ru/.../Yandex.exe

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