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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 201.31.162.87 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
d3e2c9cc9ad5ab697f640bfdd2accf40

SHA-1:
68480f3216831e4b55eed5ddca5a97fdd9896d19

SHA-256:
0eb2fb678cad0355d386dda5e66c36c56b9ecd51ed43aa7bc0f224c6bc251cf6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:14:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee.Meta (M)
16.7.7.8

File size:
2 MB (2,137,578 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:SxP8oveJ1wghrAdGQYDrMYUVdaUoNPfr8y+kZXxAkYbp04SG:Sx0cUrZI+uVwNNPfwNk5xAfbp02

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, 9D, 31, 1B, 5B, FF, C7, 7A, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 57, DC, 99, 25, BB, D6, 7A, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CC, 05, CD, F5, 33, 85, DC, 5C, 66, F8, AF, AF, D2, FA, 61, 97, B7, BE, 76, 9E, 92, D1, D3, 16, 88, 59, D6, CF, 14, 19, 68, CE, 61, 03, 15, BA, 54, 56, 36, D6, 7D, 5F, DF, 7A, 5F, D1, 40, B0, 8F, 7C, 84, 2D, C2, 2C, 1E, 44, 51, 28, B8, D9, 05, 51, 18, EA, E3, 82, D2, 70, 65, 12, 99, F7, 2B, 4F, 15, D7, B9, 8D, D8, BC, 4E, 07, BF, 18...
 
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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 12 URLs.

http://201.31.162.87/cache/www.reqxhfmc.com/Public/softs/lim5/9286/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.210/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.246/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.243/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.244/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.176/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.168/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.209/.../qks.exe

http://113.171.224.170/.../qks.exe

http://www.reqxlmjh.com/Public/softs/lim5/9286/.../qks.exe

http://www.reqxwwss.com/Public/softs/lim5/9286/.../qks.exe

http://www.reqxhfmc.com/Public/softs/lim5/9286/.../qks.exe

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