712c597fb2b0f25a262dd7a87f3b68eeaae4f9f1813245795e3190d74ac4351a

Analysis

max time kernel
26s
max time network
5s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
24/02/2024, 19:18

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General

Target

memes.exe
Size

7.9MB
MD5

a52e04619b3f5d740c980b005376e0b8
SHA1

75ab5d9deb76e15cf8208756e60ab75abd22da94
SHA256

712c597fb2b0f25a262dd7a87f3b68eeaae4f9f1813245795e3190d74ac4351a
SHA512

6e81e4c849f57656e82ea41580d61a102d20b37c23222dc4fa29d27bd161534b8bb355dfd0deb55d79a97f7547878b32fb371ded1f8d94b818252f40c3161c79
SSDEEP

196608:YtI8DzOmW3omKB+yKCYrp5SwOOYOZKBuBtz:YtPl+byKX1gwJEA

Score

10^/10

evasion

Malware Config

Signatures

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4940 created 3408	4940	edge.exe	36
PID 4940 created 3408	4940	edge.exe	36
PID 4940 created 3408	4940	edge.exe	36
PID 4940 created 3408	4940	edge.exe	36
PID 4940 created 3408	4940	edge.exe	36

Stops running service(s) 3 TTPs
evasion

Windows Service
T1543.003

Impair Defenses
T1562

Service Stop
T1489

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1712835645-2080934712-2142796781-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	memes.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4940	edge.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4940 set thread context of 608	4940	edge.exe	105

Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
4768	sc.exe
3964	sc.exe
2068	sc.exe
524	sc.exe
3008	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
2012	powershell.exe
2012	powershell.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
4940	edge.exe
608	dialer.exe
608	dialer.exe
740	powershell.exe
740	powershell.exe
608	dialer.exe
608	dialer.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2012	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	932	powercfg.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	932	powercfg.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	608	dialer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1200	powercfg.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1200	powercfg.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	740	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3020	powercfg.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3020	powercfg.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2204	powercfg.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2204	powercfg.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3332 wrote to memory of 4940	3332	memes.exe	91
PID 3332 wrote to memory of 4940	3332	memes.exe	91
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 524	2256	cmd.exe	98
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 524	2256	cmd.exe	98
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 3008	2256	cmd.exe	99
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 3008	2256	cmd.exe	99
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 4768	2256	cmd.exe	100
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 4768	2256	cmd.exe	100
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 3964	2256	cmd.exe	101
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 3964	2256	cmd.exe	101
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 2068	2256	cmd.exe	102
PID 2256 wrote to memory of 2068	2256	cmd.exe	102
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 608	4940	edge.exe	105
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 932	1064	cmd.exe	108
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 932	1064	cmd.exe	108
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1200	1064	cmd.exe	109
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1200	1064	cmd.exe	109
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 3020	1064	cmd.exe	110
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 3020	1064	cmd.exe	110
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 2204	1064	cmd.exe	111
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 2204	1064	cmd.exe	111
PID 608 wrote to memory of 612	608	dialer.exe	5
PID 608 wrote to memory of 668	608	dialer.exe	3
PID 608 wrote to memory of 952	608	dialer.exe	50
PID 608 wrote to memory of 60	608	dialer.exe	6

C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
1⤵
PID:668

C:\Windows\system32\winlogon.exe
winlogon.exe
1⤵
PID:612
- C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
  "dwm.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:60

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:3408
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\memes.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\memes.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3332
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edge.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edge.exe"
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4940
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramFiles) -Force
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2012
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c sc stop UsoSvc & sc stop WaaSMedicSvc & sc stop wuauserv & sc stop bits & sc stop dosvc
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2256
- - C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
    sc stop UsoSvc
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    PID:524
- - C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
    sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    PID:3008
- - C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
    sc stop wuauserv
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    PID:4768
- - C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
    sc stop bits
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    PID:3964
- - C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
    sc stop dosvc
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    PID:2068
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0 & powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0 & powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0 & powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1064
- - C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe
    powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:932
- - C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe
    powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1200
- - C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe
    powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3020
- - C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe
    powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2204
- C:\Windows\System32\dialer.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\dialer.exe
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:608
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#lfvbfbo#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru 'System' /tn 'MicrosoftEdge' /tr '''C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\updater.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\updater.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'MicrosoftEdge' -User 'System' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:740

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch -p -s LSM
1⤵
PID:952

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Service Stop

T1489

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
2KB

MD5
d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

SHA1
31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

SHA256
84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

SHA512
8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
944B

MD5
77d622bb1a5b250869a3238b9bc1402b

SHA1
d47f4003c2554b9dfc4c16f22460b331886b191b

SHA256
f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb

SHA512
d6789b5499f23c9035375a102271e17a8a82e57d6f5312fa24242e08a83efdeb8becb7622f55c4cf1b89c7d864b445df11f4d994cf7e2f87a900535bcca12fd9

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_d4kuwtzw.bux.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\edge.exe

Filesize
5.7MB

MD5
8cd62e3ece85c4c3e9f6f7c816256adf

SHA1
9712769be3f755c5ecbe68d38800a3a8ecdaf324

SHA256
39ebcdbb6993787be2ed9d2b6668b9ee2707ca483a66b51d1302bfc610ba021b

SHA512
a0aa9f0e6542c526fc18d48ab945d8be3245900381c9640f6e122a633a15dd9a9364bacd830fbc588a926ebef8240300c1fbf4211eae600cff8b7e2c63613501

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memory/60-66-0x00000140FD7F0000-0x00000140FD817000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/60-60-0x00000140FD7F0000-0x00000140FD817000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/60-68-0x00007FFA7902D000-0x00007FFA7902E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/424-73-0x000001E4E5490000-0x000001E4E54B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/424-70-0x000001E4E5490000-0x000001E4E54B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/424-71-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/608-61-0x00007FF76BB10000-0x00007FF76BB39000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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memory/608-30-0x00007FFA78F90000-0x00007FFA79185000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/608-31-0x00007FFA78C80000-0x00007FFA78D3E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
760KB

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memory/612-46-0x0000023346090000-0x00000233460B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/612-52-0x00007FFA7902D000-0x00007FFA7902E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/612-50-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/612-49-0x00000233465B0000-0x00000233465D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/612-106-0x00000233465B0000-0x00000233465D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/668-51-0x0000025CDBE40000-0x0000025CDBE67000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/668-55-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/668-63-0x0000025CDBE40000-0x0000025CDBE67000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/740-39-0x000001F546DA0000-0x000001F546DB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/740-41-0x000001F546DA0000-0x000001F546DB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/740-105-0x000001F546DA0000-0x000001F546DB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/740-38-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5ABD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/740-104-0x000001F546DA0000-0x000001F546DB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/740-93-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5ABD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/952-62-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/952-67-0x00007FFA7902C000-0x00007FFA7902D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/952-59-0x00000188239E0000-0x0000018823A07000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/952-65-0x00000188239E0000-0x0000018823A07000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1040-76-0x0000024D7B8B0000-0x0000024D7B8D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1040-122-0x0000024D7B8B0000-0x0000024D7B8D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1040-78-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1136-82-0x0000018105570000-0x0000018105597000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1136-81-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1136-80-0x0000018105570000-0x0000018105597000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1156-84-0x000001E83D690000-0x000001E83D6B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1156-86-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-96-0x000002E3B54B0000-0x000002E3B54D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1164-92-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-90-0x000002E3B54B0000-0x000002E3B54D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1172-100-0x00000238C5760000-0x00000238C5787000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1172-94-0x00000238C5760000-0x00000238C5787000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1172-98-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1236-103-0x0000020D976F0000-0x0000020D97717000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1236-99-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1236-95-0x0000020D976F0000-0x0000020D97717000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1264-109-0x000001E814D30000-0x000001E814D57000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1264-111-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1264-112-0x000001E814D30000-0x000001E814D57000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1368-115-0x0000026BC0FB0000-0x0000026BC0FD7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1368-118-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1400-128-0x000001DD50E60000-0x000001DD50E87000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1400-119-0x000001DD50E60000-0x000001DD50E87000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1400-124-0x00007FFA39010000-0x00007FFA39020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1456-120-0x000001F7FC5B0000-0x000001F7FC5D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1456-134-0x000001F7FC5B0000-0x000001F7FC5D7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1592-138-0x0000026428F70000-0x0000026428F97000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/1600-142-0x00000270FB060000-0x00000270FB087000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2012-24-0x000001E646A40000-0x000001E646A50000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2012-25-0x000001E646A40000-0x000001E646A50000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2012-18-0x000001E660FF0000-0x000001E661012000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2012-23-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5ABD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2012-28-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5ABD1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3332-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BED000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.9MB

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memory/4940-12-0x00007FF7CEB00000-0x00007FF7CF0C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.8MB

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memory/4940-57-0x00007FF7CEB00000-0x00007FF7CF0C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.8MB

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