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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloader.yandex.net.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:
e1dc1ad05e5edc6acb9e868a1b138d48

SHA-1:
473276664217245640ed1cb77340bab410a2e085

SHA-256:
ede0566d2eb5eb0dd9cb2939eda06626a1285aaca9f58a46f97f9c14742937f7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 9:22:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.4.25.21

File size:
30.9 MB (32,349,496 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:
10/17/2013 12:46:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:4S1MijjEiMcyumwMtLM7qLK8GMjIAIIoua9Pgpfkfr8rbkB79TrZjTkuMFXVTIlI:iis1wMBc3MsAC3/faqBviLnM1+/3n

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 yandexpacksetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

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

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-ams05.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://downloader.yandex.net.cache-kiev09.cdn.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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