714000573abb56370c1ac54a94a0b14abea8a2bfc7f2efece60b946778d87520

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
93s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
18-01-2025 16:58

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General

Target

Aurora Worm v1/Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe
Size

237KB
MD5

6a71cad17a9f7abc8e54a04b6bb1d856
SHA1

8f463222f8a67f7528e55b67be94f08b0bee1f41
SHA256

9e2390d59fd9fdc2dfdae87d7abb64b550846d7b68e7908803920fd8863f47e8
SHA512

1f9d3390db132d49bdc523b8587a46f217cac5633058f2bbcf58ec55ddbadbf139556ba4a57e9c997672e859f3df79f948568903355fefb942143387eb6bc81b
SSDEEP

3072:L4lPEkV6jW+tKFh36Lv+GSBADfBZRBadxlv:L6PZMrETGmALon

Score

8^/10

discovery execution persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4352	powershell.exe
1524	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Windows Services.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Runtime Explorer.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Microsoft Startup.lnk	Launcher.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
180	Windows Services.exe
1472	Secure System Shell.exe
1128	Runtime Explorer.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Runtime Explorer = "C:\\Windows\\IMF\\\\Windows Services.exe"	Launcher.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Runtime Explorer = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Runtime Explorer.exe\""	Runtime Explorer.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.zip	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe	Launcher.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.zip	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\LICENCE.dat	Launcher.exe
File created	C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe.tmp	Launcher.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3088	2972	WerFault.exe	81

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Launcher.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	aw.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Windows Services.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Secure System Shell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Runtime Explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
1112	Launcher.exe
4352	powershell.exe
4352	powershell.exe
180	Windows Services.exe
180	Windows Services.exe
180	Windows Services.exe
180	Windows Services.exe
1472	Secure System Shell.exe
1524	powershell.exe
1524	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1112	Launcher.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4352	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	180	Windows Services.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1472	Secure System Shell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1524	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1128	Runtime Explorer.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1112	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	80
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1112	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	80
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1112	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	80
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 2972	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	81
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 2972	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	81
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 2972	1720	Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe	81
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 4352	1112	Launcher.exe	84
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 4352	1112	Launcher.exe	84
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 4352	1112	Launcher.exe	84
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 180	1112	Launcher.exe	89
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 180	1112	Launcher.exe	89
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 180	1112	Launcher.exe	89
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1472	180	Windows Services.exe	92
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1472	180	Windows Services.exe	92
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1472	180	Windows Services.exe	92
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1128	180	Windows Services.exe	93
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1128	180	Windows Services.exe	93
PID 180 wrote to memory of 1128	180	Windows Services.exe	93
PID 1128 wrote to memory of 1524	1128	Runtime Explorer.exe	94
PID 1128 wrote to memory of 1524	1128	Runtime Explorer.exe	94
PID 1128 wrote to memory of 1524	1128	Runtime Explorer.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\Aurora Worm v1-Cracked by RoN1N.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1720
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\settings\Launcher.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\settings\Launcher.exe"
  2⤵
  - Drops startup file
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1112
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" add-mppreference -exclusionpath C:\Windows\IMF\
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4352
- - C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe
    "C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe" {Arguments If Needed}
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:180
  - - C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe
      "C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1472
  - - C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe
      "C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe"
      4⤵
      Checks computer location settings
      Executes dropped EXE
      Adds Run key to start application
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1128
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" add-mppreference -exclusionpath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\
        5⤵
        Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        
        PID:1524
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\settings\aw.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aurora Worm v1\settings\aw.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2972
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2972 -s 436
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3088

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2972 -ip 2972
1⤵
PID:2148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
2KB

MD5
3d086a433708053f9bf9523e1d87a4e8

SHA1
b3ab5d4f282a4c8fe8c3005b8a557ed5a0e37f28

SHA256
6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69

SHA512
931ae42b4c68a4507ff2342332b08eb407050d47cf4176137ea022d0f6e513c689e998445a04c6d18d4877391705c586bfce0234632b898d41aaed0957996dfd

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

Filesize
18KB

MD5
60b5c51fb59389ea47e2e5d92995f585

SHA1
3c0644ff32e7c5512a172317c330892e1bfda5a7

SHA256
753f221bf1f944f4f1bc333c6c55fe0868509c81ec7fb893fa1ba3b6e5a57f70

SHA512
d8b164b6fd5841557d9e3e20c1c4d2ed8f8e79ceb0ab57a0fb5bc9328ae3676b6fc1a1a12195db706309d048674acd4a73bf9f5da5aaca18526fbd54df3a2d03

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kl20nkmy.ssp.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Windows\IMF\Runtime Explorer.exe

Filesize
152KB

MD5
03f5e0141f4519f0c5ac26ce0b036a0f

SHA1
4f7a2a230e7a194a898cc9f2d563ac8777fe99c0

SHA256
78a408c628e33e3332645f480ee7ce01b5dc24fc96cf16ffa0868d43f3d421ef

SHA512
86a68f040654006e06b51c5714e0d7168d0d1bef7f3c39843632068104f773f771d21be4bc251d712f3e915cd1058f89ad31d9e3f3d9e7cf6da6785cbf22d8d7

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C:\Windows\IMF\Secure System Shell.exe

Filesize
45KB

MD5
7d0c7359e5b2daa5665d01afdc98cc00

SHA1
c3cc830c8ffd0f53f28d89dcd9f3426be87085cb

SHA256
f1abd5ab03189e82971513e6ca04bd372fcf234d670079888f01cf4addd49809

SHA512
a8f82b11b045d8dd744506f4f56f3382b33a03684a6aebc91a02ea901c101b91cb43b7d0213f72f39cbb22f616ecd5de8b9e6c99fb5669f26a3ea6bcb63c8407

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C:\Windows\IMF\Windows Services.exe

Filesize
46KB

MD5
ad0ce1302147fbdfecaec58480eb9cf9

SHA1
874efbc76e5f91bc1425a43ea19400340f98d42b

SHA256
2c339b52b82e73b4698a0110cdfe310c00c5c69078e9e1bd6fa1308652bf82a3

SHA512
adccd5520e01b673c2fc5c451305fe31b1a3e74891aece558f75fefc50218adf1fb81bb8c7f19969929d3fecb0fdb2cb5b564400d51e0a5a1ad8d5bc2d4eed53

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memory/180-88-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000007B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1112-85-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1112-56-0x0000000006490000-0x0000000006506000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/1112-8-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000974000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/1112-10-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1112-11-0x00000000068B0000-0x000000000692E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
504KB

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memory/1112-9-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1112-15-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1112-70-0x0000000006470000-0x000000000648E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1472-96-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1524-117-0x0000000070E30000-0x0000000070E7C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1524-116-0x0000000006300000-0x000000000634C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1524-127-0x00000000074D0000-0x0000000007573000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/1524-128-0x00000000077C0000-0x00000000077D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1524-129-0x0000000007800000-0x0000000007814000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/1720-14-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1720-0-0x00000000752CE000-0x00000000752CF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1720-1-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000052000-memory.dmp

Filesize
264KB

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memory/1720-2-0x0000000004AD0000-0x0000000004B6C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1720-3-0x0000000005120000-0x00000000056C4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1720-4-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004C02000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1720-5-0x0000000004C70000-0x0000000004C7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1720-7-0x00000000752C0000-0x0000000075A70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1720-6-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D36000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/2972-31-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000716000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2972-12-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000716000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/4352-87-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4352-101-0x00000000072F0000-0x0000000007304000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4352-16-0x00000000047D0000-0x0000000004806000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/4352-86-0x0000000007700000-0x0000000007D7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/4352-32-0x00000000058D0000-0x0000000005C24000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4352-69-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000007073000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/4352-89-0x0000000007120000-0x000000000712A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4352-90-0x0000000007330000-0x00000000073C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/4352-91-0x00000000072B0000-0x00000000072C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/4352-68-0x0000000006370000-0x000000000638E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4352-99-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4352-17-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005618000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/4352-102-0x00000000073F0000-0x000000000740A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4352-103-0x00000000073D0000-0x00000000073D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4352-58-0x0000000071440000-0x000000007148C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4352-18-0x0000000005650000-0x0000000005672000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4352-57-0x0000000006330000-0x0000000006362000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/4352-20-0x0000000005760000-0x00000000057C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4352-19-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005756000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4352-34-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005E1C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4352-33-0x0000000005D70000-0x0000000005D8E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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