Estimated safety rating

praetorian.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is not yet known if praetorian.exe is malware or not which doesn't harm your computer. Please be careful with this application.

Executable file path

This application is normally found in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Yandex\Updater\praetorian.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 059ffb75d74173521f4e3bec425d8e7f.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is good.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs as a 32-bit program. It can not use the full power of current computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not bother to upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description present in the file is Yandex.

File version

File version extracted from the file 0.2.2.104.

Manufacturer

Publisher Yandex LLC.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2012 Yandex LLC.

Has valid windows

This file does NOT have visible windows. This is most likely a bad sign.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some unusual functions of Windows appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We advise you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The publisher did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Starts with windows

This application starts at Windows startup. Yes

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have an uninstall command stored in registry.