home

yandexvb-ru.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 yandexvb-ru.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 download.cdn.yandex.net.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by YANDEX LLC)

Product:
Windows Installer XML

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
3.0.5419.0

MD5:
1b623f2b72d52ccf2450acd90f175d51

SHA-1:
64cc65c8255c9d8f398e9b858a4c0db59d01b672

SHA-256:
550fc01dc42088879bcc8984921a01d291e611e5705d676aa5b09f5c7383ef73

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 11:06:08 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Search.Installer.Meta (L)
16.4.28.13

File size:
3.4 MB (3,556,144 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}\downloads\yandexvb-ru.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
YANDEX LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 5:59:59 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:
9/1/2014 6:52:47 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Ki5SZWISl5k/L/a6iAi3ytGOTg8NuG/ewOiWG3hsywgMrPzaZ:G72Rm5xEa

Entry address:
0x15A6E

Entry point:
E8, AA, B0, 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, 53, 43, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, 41, 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, F4, 5B, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04...
 
[+]

Code size:
167 KB (171,008 bytes)

The file yandexvb-ru.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.cdn.yandex.net/bar/.../yandexvb-ru.exe

Remove yandexvb-ru.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.