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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 d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
9eed9efc4814eac41a938ee527a9344c

SHA-1:
364d6fdddffe2fdced2f428a96fbfcb2b6b050c7

SHA-256:
6fd2ee9adb65fd9ff0ae7502fbfc98162e33a8beffd91f3bd87ecc47e898ae1e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:18:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
2.1 MB (2,197,397 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:VeSXgHnhrtN61QGW6FM8teFSUlPzspgWjbRblYYdRRwlZAMTvt+CgSV:sSYhsQGWmdaJPzONpBRRkLaSV

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, D1, B4, 72, BB, 0A, DD, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 27, 23, C8, 67, BB, D6, 7A, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CD, 25, 3D, F5, 33, DF, 75, 30, 2A, 70, 0A, F7, E0, 5B, 7B, F9, 86, 62, DA, 10, E5, 84, C1, A9, 9B, C6, 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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Entropy:
7.9999  (probably packed)

The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.29/.../qks.exe

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