Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
30-01-2025 04:09
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe
Resource
win7-20240708-en
General
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Target
45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
281ef2a9c81e8a201db998c6bc1da395
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SHA1
fd198d46c91294a0af3a57b7c9499b77cb38d51f
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SHA256
45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262
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SHA512
672db5e804c2297edc0df2cb384f1a37d98ff045803c0d6cf038aefd8bd34bf3b39f9fb4c527ba1f59d29dfc7a150d6711984ab7b9787763d0600c7e258b6aa3
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiK:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKK
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4408-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4408-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4408-30-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3904-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3904-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/2148-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/2148-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/2148-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c93-17.dat family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4408-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4408-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4408-30-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3904-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3904-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/2148-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/2148-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/2148-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 -
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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 864 AK47.exe 1780 AK47.exe 4408 AK74.exe 3904 Ghiya.exe 2148 Ghiya.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 864 AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1752-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023ca0-58.dat vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/1752-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-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" 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240624781.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240624781.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4408-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4408-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4408-30-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4408-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3904-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3904-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3904-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/2148-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/2148-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/2148-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Program crash 2 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 2752 864 WerFault.exe 82 3048 864 WerFault.exe 82 -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ghiya.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK74.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4468 PING.EXE 3508 cmd.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000_Classes\Local Settings 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4468 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
pid Process 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 2148 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4408 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2148 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 2148 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2148 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 2148 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2148 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1752 wrote to memory of 864 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 82 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 864 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 82 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 864 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 82 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1780 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 83 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1780 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 83 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1780 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 83 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4408 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 85 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4408 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 85 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4408 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 85 PID 4408 wrote to memory of 3508 4408 AK74.exe 89 PID 4408 wrote to memory of 3508 4408 AK74.exe 89 PID 4408 wrote to memory of 3508 4408 AK74.exe 89 PID 3904 wrote to memory of 2148 3904 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 3904 wrote to memory of 2148 3904 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 3904 wrote to memory of 2148 3904 Ghiya.exe 90 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 116 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 95 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4952 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 94 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 116 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 95 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 116 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 95 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4952 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 94 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 4952 1752 45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe 94 PID 3508 wrote to memory of 4468 3508 cmd.exe 97 PID 3508 wrote to memory of 4468 3508 cmd.exe 97 PID 3508 wrote to memory of 4468 3508 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45ba6e7dbbcfe0a628072e070569e60f9f2c8ea311861b974138214b02629262.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:1752 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:864 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 864 -s 4483⤵
- Program crash
PID:2752
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 864 -s 4603⤵
- Program crash
PID:3048
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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:1780
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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:4408 -
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:3508 -
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:4468
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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:4952
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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:116
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 864 -ip 8641⤵PID:2396
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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:3904 -
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:2148
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 516 -p 864 -ip 8641⤵PID:4996
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Privilege 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
MD5a0ab34acbf63e2cd0771eb50a238bb06
SHA12c76c95c921be9f89259e7675334f1f6f3ca59ac
SHA256a73ce8629dcdb389655a2a6d85f87886f34cc64119e064b83010d444fdba6173
SHA512035d6cd187222927405512e6f14a01722dcd99a02a2d7ca92d1ceee65e58cfb970bf1af8fc3fc87b8f7b34c44521f233b9eeeb5afa4dec5a40143c9f2135186c
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD5deceffd3976ec494331d6f46a0dc213e
SHA197904e3834bc6b078e3024f3a9ab8d2a48633edb
SHA256680d232dc73fad99dcce0d46aee3d4fe70465786d1d0fe605af813fcce622e34
SHA512d0d433ecc3009c5497673c7ae9efc1d6aa2ba7b5cba1e194ef655e4ac961dc853df611ad85e2b164f2bab5189fd25dd71a81c0d23611d507a3be0a0c4048f4f5
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Filesize
49KB
MD5e6f899461aa8f4d2a1076ebddfa9fa49
SHA168dcec14633b9776cbe09964c015652b6d841a84
SHA25677d460e217686291cf7ea82de4254493c93d37938d901e61f91b0d77fc515472
SHA5121b7c934742b1c75e2412146fec1a2499a3176cb3a34910c81cb1064b12c583985654ab4f00acac3527abe2edd0612c45d0ec480b2b346df9f10fbf43f157e3aa