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-kiev01.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:
56e3e0769f2290cd27d61b83e8468ae7

SHA-1:
937e99b71bc4e8c66a121cf63a61f2299dda5191

SHA-256:
b7a4fbf41792c340d7c44e1ccd1d1ededae8c2d69b00b629eb9d6b88568147b4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:34:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer
16.4.20.10

File size:
3.2 MB (3,348,320 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\inetcache\ie\{random}\yandexsearch.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:
3/4/2016 5:06:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:A1+fwsDGYCNoRf7GuifTks8TlNQ6CR0+wMRJ7kkF5aTe/p:AFYNibksYZAf

Entry address:
0x13A7E

Entry point:
E8, 33, BF, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 20, 53, 43, 00, E8, 3C, 48, 00, 00, E8, EB, 38, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, C6, BE, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 0A, 83, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
166 KB (169,984 bytes)

The file yandexsearch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://cache-kiev01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-novosibrt04.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default06g.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kiev04.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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