qvsetup2.exe

QV HTS 2

NH Investment & Securities Co.,Ltd.

The application qvsetup2.exe, “QV HTS 2 Setup ” by NH Investment & Securities Co.,Ltd has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
NH Investment & Securities   (signed by NH Investment & Securities Co.,Ltd.)

Product:
QV HTS 2

Description:
QV HTS 2 Setup

MD5:
15668257303867644c41a66f614d9717

SHA-1:
9cdaa896921c6f7373281a55f007d2efec5856d3

SHA-256:
d518fd0ce9ecbc4d0c7cec34b30a81c654a8aa21b9818c1653982df195f1b76a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
2/27/2025 8:23:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.29.6

File size:
81.6 MB (85,592,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\qvsetup2.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/8/2016 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/3/2018 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="NH Investment & Securities Co.,Ltd.", O="NH Investment & Securities Co.,Ltd.", L=Yeongdeungpo-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

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

Serial number:
3C86A51920BD3B645C4C630E1E3E3DD5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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