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yandex.exe

Yandex Installer

YANDEX LLC

The application yandex.exe by YANDEX has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.cdn.yandex.net.cache-default04f.cdn.yandex.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
YANDEX LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yandex Installer

Version:
36.0.1985.12084

MD5:
ba9dfd2c93485133eec75409b4b660c1

SHA-1:
c064e45e6ebf4134d7cbd5b6df6b14cb04c1947e

SHA-256:
cc06865e9de19d07592f84ab722e9cc4d13b41cffd5a09674c5eb5cf2b7ee565

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:08:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.13.0

File size:
318.3 KB (325,936 bytes)

Product version:
36.0.1985.12084

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012-2013 YANDEX LLC. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\yandex.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
YANDEX LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 3:59:59 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:
9/30/2014 1:55:46 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:hFdvjTLe8zHnEU+V7hRmy3c9vAN1/kMiX:hjqwHnEU+V7rX3O8fiX

Entry address:
0x173B6

Entry point:
E8, 48, A9, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 8B, C3, 56, 83, E8, 00, 0F, 84, DD, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, C5, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 8F, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 3E, 16, 00, 00, 8B, 55, 0C, 48, 0F, 84, AC, 15, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 83, FB, 20, 0F, 82, A1, 04, 00, 00, 8B, 06, 3B, 02, 0F, 84, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, F8, 0F, B6, 02, 2B, F8, 74, 16, 33, C9, 85, FF, 0F, 9F, C1, 8D, 0C, 4D, FF, FF, FF, FF, 85, C9, 0F, 85, 9B, 08, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 7E, 01, 0F, B6, 42, 01, 2B, F8, 74, 16, 33...
 
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Code size:
168 KB (172,032 bytes)

The file yandex.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://download.cdn.yandex.net.cache-default04f.cdn.yandex.net/browser/yandex/ru/.../Yandex.exe

http://download.cdn.yandex.net/browser/yandex/ru/.../Yandex.exe

http://browser.yandex.ru/.../?download_date=1413186570&.exe

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