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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-novosibirsk03.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:
273eb89b9a103db4812fed2cb1d3f8f0

SHA-1:
a71edf8a7d32ef2861be652db6732cba3c3ef04f

SHA-256:
68c14a9cb506cb2b86b67932ec4ab117ec36828499823e1302f846d1c10d4711

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 12:20:31 AM 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:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\yandexpacksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 2:59:59 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 9:02:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0HoV8oxmb2ftcb98UJ7kk/LCTe/GrWqykA+18tPcHYmfm4swicTnTM+je:0HoV8nKF+fzkAKo4sTcT

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-novosibirsk03.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kz01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kz02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default01g.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default03h.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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

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