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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-kiev12.cdn.yandex.net.
Publisher:
YANDEX LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
43.0.2357.2877

MD5:
67bc6f4b09c1d9cbafb6ebcfe0d7ab35

SHA-1:
c88d037c864bf658e59d37e164ce1ba4add6ea81

SHA-256:
c2e676806fa3a87d383f8a0e9b391c6d1f44675958c2cab353dd3a783e8e2e36

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:42:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex (L)
16.7.19.14

File size:
400 KB (409,552 bytes)

Product version:
43.0.2357.2877

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012-2014 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:
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:
8/17/2015 6:05:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1wAUlE75lQCAiZx0aODeBeWA3f/z3TRUU4mTI46/fv92:1wDgwCAda26g/z31zQv92

Entry address:
0x1EB43

Entry point:
E8, EB, 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-kiev12.cdn.yandex.net/download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/ua/uk/.../Yandex.exe

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