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Analysis

max time kernel
1s
max time network
23s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
26-11-2024 02:15

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General

Target

ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
Size

783KB
MD5

e33af9e602cbb7ac3634c2608150dd18
SHA1

8f6ec9bc137822bc1ddf439c35fedc3b847ce3fe
SHA256

8c870eec48bc4ea1aca1f0c63c8a82aaadaf837f197708a7f0321238da8b6b75
SHA512

2ae5003e64b525049535ebd5c42a9d1f6d76052cccaa623026758aabe5b1d1b5781ca91c727f3ecb9ac30b829b8ce56f11b177f220330c704915b19b37f8f418
SSDEEP

12288:0E9uQlDTt8c/wtocu3HhGSrIilDhlPnRq/iI7UOvqF8dtbcZl36VBqWPH:FuqD2cYWzBGZohlE/zUD8/bgl2qW/

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0009000000015e18-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1224	DPBJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.001	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.006	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.007	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.exe	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DPBJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2912 wrote to memory of 1224	2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe	28
PID 2912 wrote to memory of 1224	2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe	28
PID 2912 wrote to memory of 1224	2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe	28
PID 2912 wrote to memory of 1224	2912	ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArdamaxKeylogger_E33AF9E602CBB7AC3634C2608150DD18.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2912
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\DPBJ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1224

C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
1⤵
PID:2664
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=106.0.5249.119 --initial-client-data=0xc0,0xc4,0xc8,0x94,0xcc,0x7fef6469758,0x7fef6469768,0x7fef6469778
  2⤵
  PID:2684
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1152 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  PID:2492
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1028 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:2248
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1628 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:2424
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --first-renderer-process --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2288 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:1192
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2320 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:1536
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --use-gl=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2800 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  PID:1856
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2928 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:1868
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3624 --field-trial-handle=1328,i,15533343273092416121,16307439856604636647,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:2436

C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\elevation_service.exe
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\elevation_service.exe"
1⤵
PID:1396

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache\data_1

Filesize
264KB

MD5
f50f89a0a91564d0b8a211f8921aa7de

SHA1
112403a17dd69d5b9018b8cede023cb3b54eab7d

SHA256
b1e963d702392fb7224786e7d56d43973e9b9efd1b89c17814d7c558ffc0cdec

SHA512
bf8cda48cf1ec4e73f0dd1d4fa5562af1836120214edb74957430cd3e4a2783e801fa3f4ed2afb375257caeed4abe958265237d6e0aacf35a9ede7a2e8898d58

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\000007.dbtmp

Filesize
16B

MD5
18e723571b00fb1694a3bad6c78e4054

SHA1
afcc0ef32d46fe59e0483f9a3c891d3034d12f32

SHA256
8af72f43857550b01eab1019335772b367a17a9884a7a759fdf4fe6f272b90aa

SHA512
43bb0af7d3984012d2d67ca6b71f0201e5b948e6fe26a899641c4c6f066c59906d468ddf7f1df5ea5fa33c2bc5ea8219c0f2c82e0a5c365ad7581b898a8859e2

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State

Filesize
170KB

MD5
2ea0f6fcbe48b493fe22b266a16bd970

SHA1
a1b00d02a2a9743318783f351c68401a53ae8a38

SHA256
ab123e07732ca0615556f055a2455903d091f6e810ca99281de2b808a0649cbd

SHA512
6a648a365e41c2046397024e77b4a92ed0e5ca3cb2ae4d7853b1a5c00941c2e84380828555a629060ed8f2ef3909c068db785026aadd7d45e9b05de980cd4278

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
457KB

MD5
97eee85d1aebf93d5d9400cb4e9c771b

SHA1
26fa2bf5fce2d86b891ac0741a6999bff31397de

SHA256
30df6c8cbd255011d80fa6e959179d47c458bc4c4d9e78c4cf571aa611cd7d24

SHA512
8cecc533c07c91c67b93a7ae46102a0aae7f4d3d88d04c250231f0bcd8e1f173daf06e94b5253a66db3f2a052c51e62154554368929294178d2b3597c1cca7e6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.001

Filesize
492B

MD5
7a0f1fa20fd40c047b07379da5290f2b

SHA1
e0fb8305de6b661a747d849edb77d95959186fca

SHA256
b0ad9e9d3d51e8434cc466bec16e2b94fc2d03bab03b48ccf57db86ae8e2c9b6

SHA512
bb5b3138b863811a8b9dcba079ac8a2828dae73943a1cc1d107d27faca509fda9f03409db7c23d5d70b48d299146de14b656314a24b854f3ae4fdb6ef6770346

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
35b24c473bdcdb4411e326c6c437e8ed

SHA1
ec1055365bc2a66e52de2d66d24d742863c1ce3d

SHA256
4530fcc91e4d0697a64f5e24d70e2b327f0acab1a9013102ff04236841c5a617

SHA512
32722f1484013bbc9c1b41b3fdaf5cd244ec67facaa2232be0e90455719d664d65cae1cd670adf5c40c67f568122d910b30e3e50f7cc06b0350a6a2d34d371de

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
a8e19de6669e831956049685225058a8

SHA1
6d2546d49d92b18591ad4fedbc92626686e7e979

SHA256
34856528d8b7e31caa83f350bc4dbc861120dc2da822a9eb896b773bc7e1f564

SHA512
5c407d4aa5731bd62c2a1756127f794382dc5e2b214298acfa68698c709fbbe3f2aa8dbdcbef02ed2a49f8f35969959946e9f727895bdca4500d16e84f4ef2e8

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.009

Filesize
1.3MB

MD5
9022a79bad65b0d51eda8eace8103c52

SHA1
3523c97b3b8527d57ab16d6af7d6f2031ff0e5a4

SHA256
8bf9aed37c0af00d2a2b13edee89e1198fbda869307c300899393e0db7991c0b

SHA512
92c6f1e7ab2a682f983f0419df255c8b68388eb6f85348fec789af91292ab6e99ce52477ede102f8697313841ca12d1fd9daadf18f9dc342bc88a36b731ac685

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
106B

MD5
639d75ab6799987dff4f0cf79fa70c76

SHA1
be2678476d07f78bb81e8813c9ee2bfff7cc7efb

SHA256
fc42ab050ffdfed8c8c7aac6d7e4a7cad4696218433f7ca327bcfdf9f318ac98

SHA512
4b511d0330d7204af948ce7b15615d745e8d4ea0a73bbece4e00fb23ba2635dd99e4fa54a76236d6f74bdbcdba57d32fd4c36b608d52628e72d11d5ed6f8cde2

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@A074.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d73d89b1ea433724795b3d2b524f596c

SHA1
213514f48ece9f074266b122ee2d06e842871c8c

SHA256
8aef975a94c800d0e3e4929999d05861868a7129b766315c02a48a122e3455d6

SHA512
8b73be757ad3e0f2b29c0b130918e8f257375f9f3bf7b9609bac24b17369de2812341651547546af238936d70f38f050d6984afd16d47b467bcbba4992e42f41

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\DPBJ.exe

Filesize
646KB

MD5
b863a9ac3bcdcde2fd7408944d5bf976

SHA1
4bd106cd9aefdf2b51f91079760855e04f73f3b0

SHA256
0fe8e3cd44a89c15dec75ff2949bac1a96e1ea7e0040f74df3230569ac9e37b0

SHA512
4b30c3b119c1e7b2747d2745b2b79c61669a33b84520b88ab54257793e3ed6e76378dea2b8ff048cb1822187ffdc20e921d658bb5b0482c23cfa7d70f4e7aa1a

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memory/1224-33-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-47-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-31-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-30-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-29-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-28-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-27-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-26-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-25-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-24-0x0000000000680000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-23-0x0000000001E50000-0x0000000001E51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-22-0x0000000001ED0000-0x0000000001ED1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-21-0x0000000001E70000-0x0000000001E71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-20-0x0000000001EC0000-0x0000000001EC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-19-0x0000000001E30000-0x0000000001E31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-43-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/1224-34-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-49-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003111000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-48-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000371000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-32-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-46-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-45-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-44-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-35-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-36-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-37-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-38-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/1224-62-0x0000000000300000-0x000000000035A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/1224-63-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-39-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-40-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-41-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-18-0x0000000000300000-0x000000000035A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/1224-119-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1224-122-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/1224-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/1224-156-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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