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qks.exe

The application qks.exe 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 program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from 113.171.224.214 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
24dcec6a91cfdfe1d91d30115ddbef41

SHA-1:
0387785f9383135c8caac54512633bf13980faec

SHA-256:
351288fa6aa38195160cdc2fb5324b0e4623b3b1c94a292f593c5a17bc6048a3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/8/2025 4:57:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee.Meta (M)
16.7.7.1

File size:
2.1 MB (2,197,466 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\qks.exe

File PE Metadata
OS bitness:
Win64

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:T5DuzfbfnP3YyRORDElosmQwyASpBdbmo8ARl/VqCGDQ5K/Mfy:T5WfbfPIyRORD+mQwPk1molnYrH/h

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, E9, CA, A7, 73, CF, DD, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 3C, 76, EC, C6, BB, D6, 7A, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CD, 25, 3D, F5, 33, DF, 75, 39, 37, 90, 0A, F7, E5, 72, 8E, 3D, 32, BD, A4, C9, 87, 14, E5, EC, 8A, 88, CC, 0F, 85, 68, 7D, C6, AD, DB, 7B, 74, 3C, 07, 26, 53, E0, DE, 81, F2, 14, 83, FB, 49, 66, 90, D4, A3, 02, 4B, FF, 21, F0, B9, 72, 94, 1D, 3F, C0, 0E, 17, 8A, 96, A7, 3A, EA, 01, 50, 87, 11, D8, 26, C5, DF, CA, 6B, C4, 35, 06, 2B...
 
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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://113.171.224.214/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.28/.../qks.exe

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