yandexpacksetup.exe

Windows Installer XML

YANDEX LLC

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application yandexpacksetup.exe, “Software Installer” 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-novosibrt01.cdn.yandex.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by YANDEX LLC)

Product:
Windows Installer XML

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
3.0.5419.0

MD5:
f722659c4df182d41cd994b307450e29

SHA-1:
10c86bff6b39874315729070913404c0ab996bf1

SHA-256:
cbbd15d0b5515e060ebf82382e72212257e65ed986722c7dc1518c49ab8fc05b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:11:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.7.0

File size:
3.1 MB (3,267,896 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.5419.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\7f4987fb1a6e43d69e3e94b29eb75926\yandexpacksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 9:59:59 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:
10/15/2014 4:02:41 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:DHoV8oxmI2fBcb98/J7kk/LCTe/lrWqykA+58tPcHYmfm4swicTnTM+je:DHoV8nB5p6zkASo4sTcT

Entry address:
0x1613E

Entry point:
E8, 1A, B1, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 04, 73, 43, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, B1, 8C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, C4, 62, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04...
 
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Code size:
168.5 KB (172,544 bytes)

The file yandexpacksetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://cache-novosibrt01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default06d.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-minsk03.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 72 download URLs

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