yandexsearch.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 yandexsearch.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-ekt05.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:
ece0da908c60d8b825332b63ad33b675

SHA-1:
0decd117506248c209edddd70f541e2c0337c019

SHA-256:
b8b59820a067f1011e8caec8c7ce646c45d471a9aa30096df0ea70eba6ce4f08

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:24:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Search.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.22.13

File size:
3.1 MB (3,284,320 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\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\yandexsearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/25/2015 2:44:52 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2017 2:44:52 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:
10/15/2014 10:02:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:AHoV8oxXewCDoiB30oCfHpmOjOWTEAIaecce5+wl1EbJ7kkCOrFHTe/d:AHoV8uzWOaqbZYQ7

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 yandexsearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://cache-ekt05.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

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

http://cache-novosibirsk04.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

http://cache-khab02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

Latest 30 of 98 download URLs

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