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-default06d.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:
961b003d68c9caa6e48df0d9f352c922

SHA-1:
fcf895e6cbcbe1aedc25f44015aa5e1a695f68af

SHA-256:
7e5e0e638c52c159c6f9a59a9e76508b596889f448b4e6e4b28eb4cfce933c17

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 8:06:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer
16.4.14.22

File size:
3.1 MB (3,245,920 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/25/2015 3:44:52 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2017 3:44:52 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 7:06:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:e1+lwRD79CNoRf7GuifTks8TlN96C9A+w7cJ7kkJkTe/4:eJ9NibksjZIG

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

http://cache-default06d.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kiev08.cdn.yandex.net/download.yandex.ru/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default05f.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default02d.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default06h.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

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

http://cache-ams02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 73 download URLs

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