Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
16-01-2025 07:09
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
General
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Target
a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
69086285af47663f4ab73776625cc7ae
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SHA1
cccd503dfb912f7362c90648d3eeda6f9202799c
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SHA256
a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525
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SHA512
b27b75fc41000a1ab44d5af7da79966e228450dbdccd9a93094ef50e8267163f47927b12803f3c23946506af77447261e5f82f0008bade407d686968f8cca749
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiz:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKz
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3760-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3760-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/5000-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/5000-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1916-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1916-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1916-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c8c-17.dat family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3760-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3760-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/5000-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/5000-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1916-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1916-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1916-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat -
Gh0strat family
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Purplefox family
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Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys Ghiya.exe -
Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240617703.txt" AK47.exe -
Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys" Ghiya.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
pid Process 3324 AK47.exe 3940 AK47.exe 3760 AK74.exe 5000 Ghiya.exe 1916 Ghiya.exe 5068 Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
pid Process 3324 AK47.exe 3420 svchost.exe 5068 Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2972-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c90-62.dat vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/2972-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\360safo = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\svchcst.exe" a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe svchost.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe svchost.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240617703.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240617703.txt AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3760-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3760-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3760-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5000-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5000-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5000-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1916-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1916-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1916-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK74.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ghiya.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 2076 PING.EXE 2660 cmd.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000_Classes\Local Settings a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2076 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
pid Process 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 1916 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3760 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 1916 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 1916 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1916 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 1916 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1916 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3324 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 83 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3324 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 83 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3324 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 83 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3940 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 84 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3940 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 84 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3940 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 84 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3760 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 85 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3760 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 85 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3760 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 85 PID 3760 wrote to memory of 2660 3760 AK74.exe 89 PID 3760 wrote to memory of 2660 3760 AK74.exe 89 PID 3760 wrote to memory of 2660 3760 AK74.exe 89 PID 5000 wrote to memory of 1916 5000 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 5000 wrote to memory of 1916 5000 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 5000 wrote to memory of 1916 5000 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3932 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 93 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3932 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 93 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 3932 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 93 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 2292 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 92 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 2292 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 92 PID 2972 wrote to memory of 2292 2972 a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe 92 PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2076 2660 cmd.exe 94 PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2076 2660 cmd.exe 94 PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2076 2660 cmd.exe 94 PID 3420 wrote to memory of 5068 3420 svchost.exe 97 PID 3420 wrote to memory of 5068 3420 svchost.exe 97 PID 3420 wrote to memory of 5068 3420 svchost.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a57c9f078d16468d9cfc4a06628f63ca244b19af365b5f5c2424d928fa74e525.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2972 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"2⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3324
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3940
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3760 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe > nul3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2660 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping -n 2 127.0.0.14⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2076
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2292
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3932
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"1⤵PID:3752
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3420 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exeC:\Windows\system32\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe "c:\windows\system32\240617703.txt",MainThread2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5068
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5000 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi2⤵
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Sets service image path in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1916
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Server Software Component
1Terminal Services DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
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Filesize
91KB
MD5423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87
SHA1eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255
SHA256050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218
SHA512fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095
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Filesize
400KB
MD5b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735
SHA19365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c
SHA2563080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a
SHA512308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850
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Filesize
92B
MD529ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4
SHA139a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe
SHA25656225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df
SHA512b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa
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Filesize
753B
MD52f4e5416d0aeb9b436c8eb5afa53939b
SHA141e6ddc77580f71070eddef49eb8a074b5df67f9
SHA256c549595be797deb254f5f786c380db32920d3ec94605fcba3d90c60843e0e756
SHA5127a7770ee0c58dce85b34f78668336b26d83a1654b028cc6b7cf355de85a318df407290b320c23e71f17f18b987c12a32b49bfe75c804faffba9d27011197d2a9
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD5ab7157da8b214cb4d932dbdb72bcf388
SHA184cc58b8ed20f0aceecbc8fbf8c6e60714998775
SHA256abc6288d54fcb5aa7f9348c57bd4d8730af16052c2b34f8f5b76fa878e40441f
SHA51289f8df9f1ef94970eb015db8124f419f570b94bd065e1621d7db7acf6e60d63f073fac7e07d90c33b1e8edc062682dd589541e3b8add4ba9774c0b1780b7284f
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Filesize
49KB
MD5d447a464a30e9a7ec20223459488d937
SHA13cafd12dfc89be1d289da1c7f7e9323dc68f693b
SHA2565de70e84a72e32f5c7fa11d1451f15128c7c423259eea18ae164c85e07516ee3
SHA512b66485d2e167d98df89d733aff365e9236a40aea9e6013017576937a35cf07e90849ce3ef2d05051552f44cf87d5a3a21ce03cb5b0e2ea26521abd9b40919878
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Filesize
60KB
MD5889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679
SHA18fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7
SHA2566cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910
SHA51208933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641