pony | c24c7641930fef4c547f3fe70a8a9adf1eb5318876f1dece044f640377b5c01a

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
153s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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25-03-2024 05:50

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General

Target

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
Size

361KB
MD5

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4
SHA1

8ad8efc9d656d4525b9d00743774fbbed79bacda
SHA256

c24c7641930fef4c547f3fe70a8a9adf1eb5318876f1dece044f640377b5c01a
SHA512

abeb8162720d6f9d4fd112146a9b5b5f76463258740daedfa6e2b1d22d89cae5abe5e1a8f3931b6979a4714250883b3cac862ae33dd430cebd24538a888af1a7
SSDEEP

6144:UFBBSls5rfh8Y9lt7Xon2u6hcjTSShc8KDdI1NXxNdWHJRbKnajjETh2gPoL:cBBSl+rfh8sLq2udjtnKu1HOJROajjEd

Score

10^/10

pony discovery evasion persistence rat spyware stealer upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Pony,Fareit
Pony is a Remote Access Trojan application that steals information.
rat spyware stealer pony
Disables taskbar notifications via registry modification
evasion

Modifies Installed Components in the registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

explorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components	explorer.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

jmu.exe

pid process

2644 jmu.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

jmu.exe

pid process

2644 jmu.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe

pid process

300 dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300 dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe

pid	process
2644	jmu.exe

pid	process
2644	jmu.exe

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 17 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Processes:

jmu.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\ = "Application"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\Content Type = "application/x-msdownload"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\DefaultIcon	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\DefaultIcon\ = "%1"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\jmu.exe\" -a \"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe

Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/300-109-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ctfmon.exe = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\3876399163 = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\jmu.exe"	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Modifies registry class 41 IoCs

Processes:

jmu.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\DefaultIcon	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\jmu.exe\" -a \"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\runas\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\runas\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\DefaultIcon\ = "%1"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\Content Type = "application/x-msdownload"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\jmu.exe\" -a \"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start	jmu.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = ffffffff	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\start	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\start\command	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\DefaultIcon	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\open	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\open\command	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\start\command\ = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\runas	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\start\command	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\DefaultIcon\ = "%1"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\start\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\shell\runas	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\ = "Application"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\exefile\Content Type = "application/x-msdownload"	jmu.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_Classes\Local Settings	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\ = "exefile"	jmu.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-406356229-2805545415-1236085040-1000_CLASSES\.exe\shell\runas\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*"	jmu.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs

Processes:

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exejmu.exe

pid	process
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
2644	jmu.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs

Processes:

explorer.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	524	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 35 IoCs

Processes:

explorer.exejmu.exe

pid	process
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
2644	jmu.exe
2644	jmu.exe
2644	jmu.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 21 IoCs

Processes:

explorer.exe

pid	process
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe
524	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

jmu.exe

pid process

2644 jmu.exe
2644 jmu.exe

pid	process
2644	jmu.exe
2644	jmu.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 300 wrote to memory of 2644	300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe	jmu.exe
PID 300 wrote to memory of 2644	300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe	jmu.exe
PID 300 wrote to memory of 2644	300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe	jmu.exe
PID 300 wrote to memory of 2644	300	dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe	jmu.exe

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:300

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\jmu.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\jmu.exe" -gav C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4.exe
2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2644

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
explorer.exe
1⤵
- Modifies Installed Components in the registry
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
PID:524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pki6589.tmp
Filesize
255B

MD5
851036f09f7c92f0504dbe76d4811257

SHA1
bc474cd19121b61daf8f832414dcf1aaf166122d

SHA256
01c50a506269ee8dd40b2b6461671267afec440f0d2f8133f4a444869141ed4f

SHA512
ec4e9a45a2bbe9950d336b498d0dbd7a59015bd04ab46b0d91914b7007dfc56f44e93dcd2749c9e2b921618d6c4e683955f69fcc0384d49fdb9e965e5378b8ce

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\jmu.exe
Filesize
361KB

MD5
dd6320b125131dabd2a8215d5dae2fa4

SHA1
8ad8efc9d656d4525b9d00743774fbbed79bacda

SHA256
c24c7641930fef4c547f3fe70a8a9adf1eb5318876f1dece044f640377b5c01a

SHA512
abeb8162720d6f9d4fd112146a9b5b5f76463258740daedfa6e2b1d22d89cae5abe5e1a8f3931b6979a4714250883b3cac862ae33dd430cebd24538a888af1a7

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memory/300-54-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/300-55-0x00000000028E0000-0x0000000002A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/300-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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memory/300-109-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/300-153-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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memory/524-159-0x00000000040D0000-0x00000000040D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/524-154-0x00000000040D0000-0x00000000040D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/524-173-0x0000000002750000-0x0000000002760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2644-152-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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memory/2644-158-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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memory/2644-157-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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memory/2644-156-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C5A00-memory.dmp

Filesize
790KB

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