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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 113.171.224.246 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
5f425fa457c84ec095f7e324f0223eb6

SHA-1:
8500d8ba34725042a30a6d0bf7edcd166431c0d0

SHA-256:
a95871d18e11bcf9868a2eb39b18d9e4068fafe95726e36d3feadc8b14a0a4ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:27:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
2 MB (2,137,828 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:GTLovuWymUsLc+gdBDRI3S4vj3GUJzgk3KJfDRy/S9b/0uHNnMTu:GTLcNXUoLGBDqnj37JD8fU6Rrtncu

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, D4, AC, 68, F1, C5, C4, 7A, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 1C, 62, F6, 9D, BB, D6, 7A, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CC, 05, CD, F5, 33, AE, 03, 53, CB, 86, 70, 8C, 7A, B2, 4C, A3, E3, 00, B5, 08, 7A, A6, E9, CD, 77, E2, 40, BD, 4E, C0, 31, 4D, EE, 70, 8E, 98, 50, AD, B3, 63, 9A, 9A, 12, BB, 0F, 0A, A6, 5E, D3, 6F, E8, 2C, 12, 0B, 36, 24, 83, 85, E4, 25, B2, 58, 74, 05, 59, 57, D4, 0F, DB, 47, 37, 0A, 50, 87, 73, DF, 5A, 1F, 3B, 81, F8, 19, 3D, 56...
 
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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 12 URLs.

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

http://201.31.162.83/cache/www.reqxyuea.com/Public/softs/lim5/9286/.../qks.exe

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

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

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

http://113.171.224.241/.../qks.exe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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