hijackloader | f286d2b89eaebb2e1e6e23a44bc92dae7c058348286810549f4c7514c9ea61ad

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
153s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
submitted
18/02/2025, 13:59

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General

Target

d.msi
Size

2.9MB
MD5

ae5b94abf028388af1454ed76806cc6f
SHA1

ef013c7eec6fc6c14ccd414b5eb87abf1476566a
SHA256

f286d2b89eaebb2e1e6e23a44bc92dae7c058348286810549f4c7514c9ea61ad
SHA512

b88c3c160b68b0bdc03780a6848001aef7baa5532b815071eb4f26ff1caa87f71b2401b0c507db5389d14517310bae758aaa17f6fe7aa508f2de38cdbcac1fe2
SSDEEP

49152:TL51ahTWxFOlm43he+4Xkt1i1XkIZ9fm5urK7olHgnIxQQ6brit:p8h8ME4xr461ckZPoxgnsSa

Score

10^/10

hijackloader remcos v2 discovery loader persistence privilege_escalation rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

remcos

Botnet

185.157.162.126:1995

Attributes

audio_folder
MicRecords
audio_record_time
5
connect_delay
0
connect_interval
1
copy_file
remcos.exe
copy_folder
Remcos
delete_file
false
hide_file
false
hide_keylog_file
false
install_flag
false
keylog_crypt
false
keylog_file
logs.dat
keylog_flag
false
keylog_folder
remcos
mouse_option
false
mutex
qsdazeazd-EL00KX
screenshot_crypt
false
screenshot_flag
false
screenshot_folder
Screenshots
screenshot_path
%AppData%
screenshot_time
10
take_screenshot_option
false
take_screenshot_time
5

Signatures

Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x001900000002adfd-31.dat	family_hijackloader

HijackLoader
HijackLoader is a multistage loader first seen in 2023.
loader hijackloader
Hijackloader family
hijackloader
Remcos
Remcos is a closed-source remote control and surveillance software.
rat remcos
Remcos family
remcos

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1408376509-1621642251-2666462513-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\EHttpSrv = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\IXXinstall\\EHttpSrv.exe\""	msiexec.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\A:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\A:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	msiexec.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2300 set thread context of 4244	2300	EHttpSrv.exe	88
PID 4244 set thread context of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91

Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SystemTemp\~DF3A381C320445BD43.TMP	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SystemTemp\~DF76BB722956B3B278.TMP	msiexec.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.log	msiexec.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Installer\	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SystemTemp\~DFBD8199760F06653E.TMP	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Installer\SourceHash{B1C5FCCC-2DDA-41F7-8B6A-192BB64891A0}	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SystemTemp\~DF372D54AB87CE0E78.TMP	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Installer\e57ac7c.msi	msiexec.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Installer\e57ac7c.msi	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Installer\inprogressinstallinfo.ipi	msiexec.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAD38.tmp	msiexec.exe
File created	C:\Windows\Installer\e57ac7e.msi	msiexec.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2300	EHttpSrv.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2300	EHttpSrv.exe
2300	EHttpSrv.exe
4872	EHttpSrv.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence privilege_escalation

Installer Packages

T1546.016

Msiexec

T1218.007

pid	Process
736	msiexec.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	EHttpSrv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EHttpSrv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
852	msiexec.exe
852	msiexec.exe
2300	EHttpSrv.exe
4244	cmd.exe
4244	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2300	EHttpSrv.exe
4244	cmd.exe
4244	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	736	msiexec.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	540	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	540	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	540	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	852	msiexec.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	852	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

pid	Process
736	msiexec.exe
736	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 852 wrote to memory of 2300	852	msiexec.exe	87
PID 852 wrote to memory of 2300	852	msiexec.exe	87
PID 852 wrote to memory of 2300	852	msiexec.exe	87
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 4244	2300	EHttpSrv.exe	88
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 4244	2300	EHttpSrv.exe	88
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 4244	2300	EHttpSrv.exe	88
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 4244	2300	EHttpSrv.exe	88
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 4872	4244	cmd.exe	91

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d.msi
1⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:736

C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:852
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\EHttpSrv.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\EHttpSrv.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2300
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4244
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\EHttpSrv.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\EHttpSrv.exe
      4⤵
      Loads dropped DLL
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4872

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:540

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Installer Packages

T1546.016

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Installer Packages

T1546.016

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

System Binary Proxy Execution

T1218

Msiexec

T1218.007

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

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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C:\Config.Msi\e57ac7d.rbs

Filesize
10KB

MD5
c645449ae4a51995052eabe2841af6de

SHA1
740003299eed44fb4a16e4f5f04ad07c2c9664d9

SHA256
7a4f895aa89f2d4228359caa838f0d83d940c4860844033770483fd56c8a1a0d

SHA512
c1742c4563e05fa8ab98ffebb02345b1b83a9cacee66bd57fcbe48db77e48ca8e7588189b9c2e341fd423dee4038338479b38649666f74387769574543a20af1

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eb7ecbbb

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
a27d9fbb0933de0176a1ab96be1b3869

SHA1
46403370752cb1660c0b7fee36fbb420431988cc

SHA256
48219d60c27ffdca735607df63741cc0d090fe762e74638980dc7fae492efcd2

SHA512
86263340a29addac62e3a8ba1777340594bbf4f10a19a84170dc5d09eae244e150b274109706954d9615daea6811fe1dfbcad71a9aa032049e0040986a563644

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\EHttpSrv.exe

Filesize
20KB

MD5
9329ba45c8b97485926a171e34c2abb8

SHA1
20118bc0432b4e8b3660a4b038b20ca28f721e5c

SHA256
effa6fcb8759375b4089ccf61202a5c63243f4102872e64e3eb0a1bdc2727659

SHA512
0af06b5495142ba0632a46be0778a7bd3d507e9848b3159436aa504536919abbcacd8b740ef4b591296e86604b49e0642fee2c273a45e44b41a80f91a1d52acc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\MFC80U.DLL

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
686b224b4987c22b153fbb545fee9657

SHA1
684ee9f018fbb0bbf6ffa590f3782ba49d5d096c

SHA256
a2ac851f35066c2f13a7452b7a9a3fee05bfb42907ae77a6b85b212a2227fc36

SHA512
44d65db91ceea351d2b6217eaa27358dbc2ed27c9a83d226b59aecb336a9252b60aec5ce5e646706a2af5631d5ee0f721231ec751e97e47bbbc32d5f40908875

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\audiogram.tif

Filesize
877KB

MD5
5124236fd955464317fbb1f344a1d2f2

SHA1
fe3a91e252f1dc3c3b4980ade7157369ea6f5097

SHA256
ed1389002cdf96c9b54de35b6e972166ee3296d628943fd594a383e674c5cba6

SHA512
2b2ac23244b16f936ef9a4049586f58c809fcc4391a56390cc5db2e8d96140001e0b977680ed1d8b0ab9c410e865a880209e22add8d42e563dc40bc91236b252

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IXXinstall\http_dll.dll

Filesize
1.9MB

MD5
fe47e255c704b20cb20c8ed93ec94d47

SHA1
ed7d26624b3cfaa72cf7d3bc59d26845fb84247a

SHA256
b0d665cb466e10ef90e1d79a39cb655ebe785d0cefc074f7a22d04936b681879

SHA512
55813a4b755773f98991b47294fed03b23d5bee9af3ef98727b7345882fe0d9976546f46847fbc30119e7c62ce7ee8ae21f54065922041cf8d42364e607bc1c0

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C:\Windows\Installer\e57ac7c.msi

Filesize
2.9MB

MD5
ae5b94abf028388af1454ed76806cc6f

SHA1
ef013c7eec6fc6c14ccd414b5eb87abf1476566a

SHA256
f286d2b89eaebb2e1e6e23a44bc92dae7c058348286810549f4c7514c9ea61ad

SHA512
b88c3c160b68b0bdc03780a6848001aef7baa5532b815071eb4f26ff1caa87f71b2401b0c507db5389d14517310bae758aaa17f6fe7aa508f2de38cdbcac1fe2

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memory/2300-32-0x00000000753E0000-0x000000007555D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2300-33-0x00000000753E0000-0x000000007555D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/4244-38-0x00000000753E0000-0x000000007555D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/4244-36-0x00007FFDFDD80000-0x00007FFDFDF89000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4872-50-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-42-0x00007FFDFDD80000-0x00007FFDFDF89000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4872-43-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-46-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-47-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-40-0x0000000073790000-0x0000000074AA7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
19.1MB

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memory/4872-51-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-52-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-55-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-56-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-57-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/4872-58-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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