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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 www.reqxkgtm.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
20bd3b77663ca303b05da53080c6b7e5

SHA-1:
eee88bd3031f004a97e0051fc7c4f64f3e975ae5

SHA-256:
5655b8196f50a74f560bfa532561aaca345a40bb7b9953ed6c7351e420a1b6a9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:21:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex.Qksee (M)
16.7.20.6

File size:
2.1 MB (2,181,492 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:Dk93Eo7zAo19PV4aKtMd2qoKdad/iN2QKW6E0+i2RlnfxGwZJw:olEgAK9PlmdiNCW6EA2fn5t8

Entry point:
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The file qks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

http://d26yaxxlnmhaem.cloudfront.net/Public/softs/qks/3.3.43/.../qks.exe

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