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 downloader.yandex.net.cache-kiev07.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:
37335165955df25b7fa00c44c09ded4c

SHA-1:
634c0b55fc32edc6823689a2397dacae153f5f0a

SHA-256:
694f2196cfa5497a032ca332db50b4747bd70f23c96c14962b9f89ba9240dd5f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:40:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.4.25.21

File size:
20.7 MB (21,679,448 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:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\yandexpacksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 3:59:59 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:
10/17/2013 12:46:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:NdnKMGPolxFwcbfxraLLRIW61ZilQouQG4VJLzurCZ/zFeCoAr:z/hlxSc9r5W6OR3G4v2rCNAfu

Entry address:
0x3D24

Entry point:
E8, B3, 3D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 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, 78, 9C, 41, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, 82, 3E, 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, A4, 3E, 40, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03...
 
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Code size:
64.5 KB (66,048 bytes)

The file yandexpacksetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-kiev07.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-default06g.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-default04g.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-default02e.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-minsk02.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-default02g.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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