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-default03g.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:
865b644d1d382cf9fa6e37de653d9c23

SHA-1:
9cad5a4a6f55c1168d560df0162012646002ae29

SHA-256:
e9a18188d331a8f03a68334e27e30f9be37369a230c174621ffde0fd21dca87a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:22:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.14.9

File size:
3.2 MB (3,364,672 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)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\yandexpacksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/25/2015 1:44:52 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2017 1:44:52 PM

Subject:
E=pki@yandex-team.ru, CN=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:
11210FF6462B63D55AFBAA81F9C734A7AA94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 11:39:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:TMBlgJCLMFKWaOt5MIfflPKrDdGXUuRMFph:ozMj/ffs8XUuRMx

Entry address:
0x31A32

Entry point:
E8, 10, 71, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 45, 08, 0F, 84, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 56, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, E5, F5, FF, FF, 8B, 75, EC, 8B, 86, A8, 00, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4D, 08, 8D, 41, BF, 66, 83, F8, 19, 77, 04, 66, 83, C1, 20, 0F, B7, C1, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 1F, BA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 66, 39, 55, 08, 73, 2A, FF, 75, 08, E8, 87, 75, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 09, 0F, B7, 45, 08, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 0E, 0F, B7, 4D, 08, 8B, 86, 94, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6...
 
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Code size:
244.5 KB (250,368 bytes)

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

http://cache-default03g.cdn.yandex.net/download.yandex.ru/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 56 download URLs

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