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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-kiev08.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:
d6634620a63f9b9151711d86b936edff

SHA-1:
930d864650129ae40455e2d0f8735f445b6d94c0

SHA-256:
9f936328acf083f41f4fb340a4090684d6252d562c8c670fc19cd04c3ad886dd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 7:28:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
20.2 MB (21,208,408 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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\yandexpacksetup.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:
10/16/2013 10:46:10 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:p5nKMGPolxFwNbfxrwaHpcW61ZuoEouQD4GBLzurCZpzFeCoAz:v/hlxSN9rsW6Cg3D4Y2rCvAfK

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 2 URLs.

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-kiev08.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-novosibirsk01.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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