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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 41.223.201.249 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
77efbe0b82d9038f393ceb7b26442fb4

SHA-1:
8b2d50406256bd75d805cde8d0513adf2e1198b0

SHA-256:
20f5556b2caea2b90e01e2530be80ea2411f50e717ce33a6d7ac4c5620689f7e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:16:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
2.1 MB (2,200,993 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:dNKubbwi3lPVD6BK5pnGmBIAL/BGmvVdLkgu7m12y4xJ3N:dNFbxlPllnNIAN/vVdLkgJ4yQH

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, E4, 66, 43, 16, 06, CF, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 52, 3A, 3E, 7B, BB, D6, 44, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CD, 25, 3D, F5, 33, DF, 74, BC, 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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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://41.223.201.249:801/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.21/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.14/.../qks.exe

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

http://113.171.224.208/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.23/.../qks.exe

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