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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
cfeed3705bec62796913a020498e48f9

SHA-1:
6bc3440b7b4bc8d0e6989b9f85a9deb43065ca52

SHA-256:
e717064e47f1d360a3cdc183777de5d2f1c54053fc95f22836ac68b8a670f85a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/4/2025 2:51:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee.Meta (M)
16.7.8.20

File size:
2.1 MB (2,204,529 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):
24576:g5R9AhY6EBRnbX6FjOvVSmtd/0P3WtnwQxA33i:g54Y6EBRnWFMVxv0PSnwS

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, 7D, 6E, CF, 09, 76, F9, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, AD, 61, C2, 76, BB, D6, 44, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CD, 25, 3D, F5, 33, 1D, 34, 84, A6, 05, 99, FC, 18, FC, 87, 95, A1, 65, A7, 5D, 47, 26, 9F, F4, DF, 51, D2, EC, 4C, F0, D1, 5F, 1A, 8F, B8, 4E, 83, 8A, DE, 53, 4B, 1D, 90, 1F, 32, 0A, A1, DB, F9, A6, 0E, A3, 8E, 22, 0E, 79, BE, 57, C1, CD, F0, 93, A3, 53, 35, 19, 59, 13, A0, AD, F5, 56, 6C, 65, AA, 12, 68, A2, 16, E1, 35, C4, FC, F3...
 
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Entropy:
4.7854

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

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.13/.../qks.exe

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