File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is konlinesetup_
A verified WPS installer signature and clean host checks favor legitimacy, but one unwanted program label from a major antivirus engine and concerning sandbox mappings justify…
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Why Suspicious? One antivirus engine (ESET) flags it; nothing else confirms it.
Limited evidence
If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
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Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
1 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 70
- No result 4
- Code signing WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.
- Test run Completed
- First seen 17d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Only 1 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer, identifying a KingSoft potentially unwanted application rather than a conventional malware family. Its verified WPS signature, clean sandbox outcome, and fully covered host-reputation check are reassuring, but its recent rarity, absent signer history, and offensive technique mappings leave meaningful uncertainty.
The only detection is ESET-NOD32's KingSoft unwanted program label, with no multi-engine family consensus. The executable carries a verified WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD. signature, and its runtime processes, files, and registry activity consistently reference WPS or Kingsoft installation. The completed sandbox returned clean, all 35 distinct observed contacts received reputation coverage without a malicious or suspicious match, and no inspected child has a malicious verdict. However, the runtime record includes T1055, T1485, T1486, and mappings, even though no injected target process was identified. Because the sample is recently observed with only three submitters and the signer lacks historical statistics, the isolated unwanted program detection cannot yet be dismissed outright.
What We Detected
One of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable. ESET-NOD32 labeled it Win32/KingSoft.Z, a potentially unwanted application classification; the other listed major antivirus engines did not flag it, and there is no strong family consensus.
Threat Behavior
The completed sandbox launched a WPS Personal Office installer and created WPS/Kingsoft files, registry entries, and installer processes. It returned a clean result, while the host-reputation check covered all 35 distinct observed contacts and found no malicious or suspicious matches. The sandbox nevertheless mapped T1055, T1485, T1486, and T1560; these mappings merit caution, although no injected process was named and the evidence does not establish destructive or ransomware activity.
Identity and Trust
The file is signed with a verified certificate for WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD., with no detected brand conflict. Its code is not identified as packed or high-entropy. Confidence is limited because the file has only three submissions, was first observed on Oct 9, 2026, and no historical statistics are available for this signer.
What To Do Now
Use the installer only if it came from an official WPS distribution channel and you intended to install WPS Office. Review installation choices for optional components, default application changes, data, or bundled offers, and keep security software enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- ESET-NOD32 identifies the file as a KingSoft potentially unwanted application, so the installer may include unwanted defaults or bundled behavior even if it is not conventional malware.
- The sandbox mapped four offensive techniques, including and T1486; however, it returned a clean result, named no injected process, and showed installer-oriented activity.
- The verified signature has no established historical sample record, and the file is rare and recently observed.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- The executable has a verified signature from WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD., with no detected brand conflict.
- The completed sandbox returned a clean result and showed WPS/Kingsoft installer activity.
- All 35 distinct observed network contacts were reputation-checked without malicious or suspicious matches.
- No inspected file it created has a malicious saved verdict.
- No malware-specific external intelligence rule matched, and the executable does not appear packed.
- ESET-NOD32 identifies the executable as a KingSoft potentially unwanted application.
- The file has been observed only three times from three sources and is recently submitted.
- No historical trust record is available for the signing certificate.
- The sandbox mapped possible process injection, data destruction, ransomware-impact, and archive behavior, although it did not identify an injected target or return a malicious outcome.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 21sandbox rule tags
- 4spawned processes
- 36network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.
Note: Read the user name of the test computer.
Note: Listed the programs running on the test computer.
Note: Talked to servers over the internet during the test run.
Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.
Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: Showed activity a sandbox rule links to file encryption; no ransomware behaviour was confirmed.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run
konlinesetup_xa.exe
2b198db06e18e62ef3b8b591b9788f7dc6b75e39f696568c57d414a0f019fb3a
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run
wps_lid.lid-sLkOjK4Iz9s.exe
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\wps_lid.lid-sLkOjK4Iz9s.exe"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run
dba86f7fd05f7cbe7866e2880ceea839_Personal_Office_i18n_Free.exe.601.1237.exe
"C:\ProgramData\WPS\Installers\dba86f7fd05f7cbe7866e2880ceea839_Personal_Office_i18n_Free.exe.601.1237.exe" -installCallByOnlineSetup -defaultOpen -defaultOpenPdf -asso_pic_setup -createIcons -pinTaskbar -defopenepubebook -compatiblemso -installMsoAddin -curlangofinstalledproduct=en_US -notElevateAndDirectlyInstall -D="C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Kingsoft\WPS Office" -notautostartwps -enableSetupMuiPkg -appdata="C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming"
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run
dcsdk_dpv3.data
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\kingsoft\wps\dcsdk\dcsdk_dpv3.data
Test run - Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run
cache.db
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\kingsoft\wps\dcsdk\cache.db
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Network
Hosts contacted
- Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run
ap-dw-parameters.ksord.com
Contacted during the test run.
Test run - Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run
ap-dw-collect.ksord.com
Contacted during the test run.
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
Includes the sandbox verdicts, 21 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 10 dropped files.
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Technical details
1 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flags it; signed by WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD..
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 1
- ESET-NOD32 (major engine)Win32/KingSoft.Z potentially unwanted application
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 12, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC
- SHA-256
2b198db06e18e62ef3b8b591b9788f7dc6b75e39f696568c57d414a0f019fb3a- SHA-1
5967eac0cec430db0752cbf8aa16b4a938c4c4b2- MD5
09286ab1053b6eced337a71ec1ea4faa
About this file
konlinesetup_xa.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 5.5 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 5.5 MB
- Signer
- WPS SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.Valid code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 9, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.64 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), 2 matched signature rules, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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