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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 113.171.224.177 and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
c4891a0e8336c553e6255f4171b82f06

SHA-1:
9ca3dae94941e001a5e1bfda47133a40020dcab5

SHA-256:
7afaff5556ca86eabb44edf8a884426e149f094a38644e44a1a64d7f0b861b03

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 9:27:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
2.1 MB (2,186,502 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:hRNOaGwJNBffSrWRLoqI1GzlDXTwxAiq0OILXwk8jOd3Q:hREaLNhERGz5TwKiq0OO38jOdA

Entry point:
6D, 20, E6, F5, 7D, 46, 00, 5E, 77, 0E, A1, A6, 9B, 06, 7B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, CC, FD, 7B, BB, D6, 44, BA, 59, 07, 00, 40, 56, 58, E2, A0, CC, B5, 25, F5, 33, DF, 74, 99, 1F, 81, 80, 0B, 3B, 2F, 6C, FD, 15, D5, 04, 1C, 88, B9, E4, 5F, 07, AA, FC, E2, BF, 7B, 37, 95, 73, 15, 8A, 6D, 28, 51, 34, 8C, FC, 63, F8, C3, 25, 4A, 69, 3B, BE, 3C, 6C, 8F, 58, E0, 8D, E0, 49, 87, 61, 73, B8, 0B, 66, 5B, 30, 66, 6B, ED, 29, 04, 6C, 1D, 3D, 56, E1, 25, 0C, A7, 04, 22, 38, D4, C5, 25...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999  (probably packed)

The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://113.171.224.177/.../qks.exe

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

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

http://113.171.224.207/.../qks.exe

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/lmt0/.../qks.exe

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

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