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yandexsearch.exe

The application yandexsearch.exe 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 program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloader.yandex.net.cache-default01d.cdn.yandex.net.
MD5:
3ae0d378f14e5767994348a454a7b3df

SHA-1:
04bafbadafcc926c6ba6721002a918a4a662a133

SHA-256:
e815f0e834b23ede33153e7ce16d220cc48879941adeda1007d9bb0babc6159b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 7:51:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Search (M)
16.4.22.15

File size:
1.4 MB (1,434,543 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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):
24576:mh7QnfVDRD2SM6A2h1bFW5qW18W1llW5mW5mW5mW5KxNyA+DD5sOoCvFhQg8ddMZ:mpQnfVR2SMlORW5qW18W1XW5mW5mW5m+

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 yandexsearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-default01d.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

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