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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 113.171.224.171 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
bf23e606a1bddd7d145eb627b985db1a

SHA-1:
674692f1d8a69a40d1bdbae5132a6035964aa44c

SHA-256:
e739867e4fcfe558b18ff0ac483641c4314c1ea51277e5e2d9fec2831c93f393

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:23:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee.Meta (M)
16.7.7.0

File size:
2.1 MB (2,197,103 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\qks.exe

File PE Metadata
OS bitness:
Win64

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:88bbwomn7a4eo33XObAc13ma43+xhqAWz+3F1UR6CgSB:FbxdBo3uMk43+xAALF1U0SB

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, FA, 04, C6, 73, 70, DC, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B6, 44, F1, 59, BB, D6, 44, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CD, 25, 3D, F5, 33, DF, 74, 99, 1F, 81, 80, 0B, 3B, 2F, 6C, FD, 15, D5, 04, 1C, 88, B9, E4, 5F, 07, AA, FC, E2, BF, 7B, 37, 95, 73, 15, 8A, 6D, 28, 51, 34, 8C, FC, 63, F8, C3, 25, 4A, 69, 3B, BE, 3C, 6C, 8F, 58, E0, 8D, E0, 49, 87, 61, 73, B8, 0B, 66, 5B, 30, 66, 6B, ED, 29, 04, 6C, 1D, 3D, 56, E1, 25, 0C, A7, 04, 22, 38, D4, C5, 25...
 
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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://113.171.224.171/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.19/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.211/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.25/.../qks.exe

http://41.223.201.248:801/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.27/.../qks.exe

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