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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-novosibirsk03.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:
63ec3ae39270dcab1390fbe8ba7a9a94

SHA-1:
fd71bd7dd91f5b3bbeb0fb9c3e677b27bc2d4481

SHA-256:
5e8d78b416f1bf6aa8f2e9f497a502298399dd735d44eb5e33395a9422b8b4dc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/21/2024 1:17:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Search.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.22.13

File size:
3.1 MB (3,243,360 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\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:
10/15/2014 9:02:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:tHoV8oxBH2fQ8s8tPcHYmfm4swicTmTn+aevcYA+w9rWATw2kkJLOTe/l:tHoV8MWMo4sTcTFIZA4F

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

http://cache-novosibirsk03.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-minsk02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

http://cache-ams01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

http://cache-ams06.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-spb02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexSearch.exe

http://cache-kiev11.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 80 download URLs

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