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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-ektmts01.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:
2f79ea7c0248afac38ec94e275e4d487

SHA-1:
346eb7058a4fb4e9fcbc134ca44eb5205f3eab6f

SHA-256:
fc99ba618d5101e0b710d8b17f9838debca810e5afd175b065b65263dfce80f2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 12:24:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.7.0

File size:
41.6 MB (43,613,496 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 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:
10/15/2014 10:02:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:KMkqm/SEZ7soME7My6DCxTD18jQ4/mmfjbtjpUwAOWJyIy3t:K/u+oE/Ac3AQnmfjbppUwA0t

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-ektmts01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default06e.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-minsk01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default03f.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default04d.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-novosibbln01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 52 download URLs

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