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Qwiklinx

Quiklinx, Inc

The application qlsetup.exe, “Qwiklinx Setup ” by Quiklinx, Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Qwiklinx, Inc.   (signed by Quiklinx, Inc)

Product:
Qwiklinx

Description:
Qwiklinx Setup

Version:
1.2.0.1073

MD5:
52686761f3d10b49188a0d18d40bef9f

SHA-1:
a7a12f7c0de71020302834951097350169afe84e

SHA-256:
df29ea4bd8fd189c38b436f6ce192260ce3993fcf8ee594966998c3f16a79666

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 10:02:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Quiklinx.Qwiklinx.Installer (M)
16.3.8.0

File size:
1.9 MB (1,955,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.1073

Copyright:
© 2011 Qwiklinx, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\qlsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quiklinx, Inc

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/21/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Quiklinx, Inc", O="Quiklinx, Inc", L=Waltham, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0B1D774C76A82461AAEA3BBB3E52D63A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:SvJlH3dQybod8KluPTKKj6FHYyofmPcMCy04vq2TdbIC:+7NpbI8NPWKjSHbems6dbIC

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9936

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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