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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 113.171.224.244 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
2ce24a0d31da9e63c97f41febefb7dc3

SHA-1:
7ad7c7c07836c88cd60acb9c44069dd00def08f6

SHA-256:
9b52a157a3b074a6ca1f07bfe3dff502c06d08ea295eea1629d0aa6a9ba93e60

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:02:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee.Meta (M)
16.7.7.9

File size:
2.1 MB (2,161,140 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\qks.exe

File PE Metadata
OS bitness:
Win64

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:fpDxz1yZ1Ox8ZPDjmyY74eIqWyRd9UxRxnVp/T8g5:fpNz1H43PqIqrv9kk2

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, C8, B6, 76, 10, F5, A3, 7A, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D9, 15, 95, 84, BB, D6, 7A, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CC, B5, 25, F5, 33, 1D, 35, 38, 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 4 URLs.

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

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

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

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

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