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:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
27/02/2025, 11:10
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe
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Size
280KB
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MD5
2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea
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SHA1
c31a5d5c233851d0434a24b40a536bcc331f329a
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SHA256
fe281fb92257fabe8ee689bf55a4ee02e792c8ef7a23ab0a069c02e168ad08ee
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SHA512
dfec06e2134dc3f07dc23367c57e3c9b2cfde842689bb8b70e4aa1efc16de23728cfeab9aa30f0b3f987368a4067ad75137fbd99e9d76efa635931cdd1b09b94
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SSDEEP
6144:z39AiAS9JgOxxfp/6G5rHMqfCw9PHYRcydrenrf3Wzbywy:L9AiAS7gO9YqKw9fYmyVArp
Malware Config
Signatures
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Blackshades
Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
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Blackshades family
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Blackshades payload 18 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3348-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades behavioral2/memory/3348-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp family_blackshades -
Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe = "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\vbc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\local.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List reg.exe -
Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run vbc.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run\svchost = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe" vbc.exe -
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{62BBD11D-EF51-6EFF-BAFD-C9F53BAEDEF3} vbc.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{62BBD11D-EF51-6EFF-BAFD-C9F53BAEDEF3}\StubPath = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe" vbc.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1479699283-3000499823-2337359760-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{62BBD11D-EF51-6EFF-BAFD-C9F53BAEDEF3} vbc.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1479699283-3000499823-2337359760-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{62BBD11D-EF51-6EFF-BAFD-C9F53BAEDEF3}\StubPath = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe" vbc.exe -
Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
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Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1479699283-3000499823-2337359760-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Google = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svchost.exe" JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe" vbc.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1479699283-3000499823-2337359760-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\local.exe" vbc.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2708 set thread context of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3348-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3348-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp upx -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 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 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language vbc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language reg.exe -
Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
pid Process 4520 reg.exe 4664 reg.exe 4564 reg.exe 4800 reg.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 1 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeAuditPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe Token: 31 3348 vbc.exe Token: 32 3348 vbc.exe Token: 33 3348 vbc.exe Token: 34 3348 vbc.exe Token: 35 3348 vbc.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3348 vbc.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 3348 vbc.exe 3348 vbc.exe 3348 vbc.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 2708 wrote to memory of 3348 2708 JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe 84 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3424 3348 vbc.exe 85 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3424 3348 vbc.exe 85 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3424 3348 vbc.exe 85 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 4200 3348 vbc.exe 86 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 4200 3348 vbc.exe 86 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 4200 3348 vbc.exe 86 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3876 3348 vbc.exe 87 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3876 3348 vbc.exe 87 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 3876 3348 vbc.exe 87 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 2292 3348 vbc.exe 88 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 2292 3348 vbc.exe 88 PID 3348 wrote to memory of 2292 3348 vbc.exe 88 PID 3876 wrote to memory of 4564 3876 cmd.exe 93 PID 3876 wrote to memory of 4564 3876 cmd.exe 93 PID 3876 wrote to memory of 4564 3876 cmd.exe 93 PID 3424 wrote to memory of 4520 3424 cmd.exe 94 PID 3424 wrote to memory of 4520 3424 cmd.exe 94 PID 3424 wrote to memory of 4520 3424 cmd.exe 94 PID 4200 wrote to memory of 4664 4200 cmd.exe 95 PID 4200 wrote to memory of 4664 4200 cmd.exe 95 PID 4200 wrote to memory of 4664 4200 cmd.exe 95 PID 2292 wrote to memory of 4800 2292 cmd.exe 96 PID 2292 wrote to memory of 4800 2292 cmd.exe 96 PID 2292 wrote to memory of 4800 2292 cmd.exe 96
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_2cce9d6f49d8d3b3c7d1e0f0cd2faeea.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2708 -
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe2⤵
- Adds policy Run key to start application
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3348 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:4520
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4200 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:4664
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:4564
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\local.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\local.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2292 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exeREG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\local.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\local.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry key
PID:4800
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Active Setup
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Active Setup
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
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