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
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submitted
09/04/2025, 11:51
General
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Target
2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe
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Size
11.8MB
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MD5
7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5
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SHA1
09e935f330387db7047d676da206109cd4c1d2dd
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SHA256
d8be7e6f7b04f1099d51d65e649dd137ebc7066e4c9a6a394a958f5fd2858b6c
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SHA512
63acb6401bb3116ff131b18cb52174e596de1ab84d0afc1932ffddec698cd436e8bcde0483d47bc5ed12fadcb4b4ff466345274f574972c43a4acec30eccf5fc
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SSDEEP
196608:gNsg4AMgApNsg4AMgA9Nsg4AMgAhNsg4AMgAeNsg4AMgA5Nsg4AMgAEHh6ImzD++:gGg4aSGg4a6Gg4aCGg4aZGg4aKGg4a+Z
Malware Config
Extracted
xred
xred.mooo.com
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payload_url
http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll
Signatures
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Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
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Xred family
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Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
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Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
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Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
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Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
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Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
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Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
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Looks up external IP address via web service 4 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
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Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
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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 13 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
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Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
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Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
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Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
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Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
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Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
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Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 38 IoCs
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Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
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Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
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Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 55 IoCs
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outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
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outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sXLAWJKdeDZVj.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\sXLAWJKdeDZVj" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2BDD.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-09_7f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5_cobalt-strike_poet-rat.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sXLAWJKdeDZVj.exe"4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\sXLAWJKdeDZVj" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAEC9.tmp"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"4⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
11.8MB
MD57f24972741401b335f67fda8314eadc5
SHA109e935f330387db7047d676da206109cd4c1d2dd
SHA256d8be7e6f7b04f1099d51d65e649dd137ebc7066e4c9a6a394a958f5fd2858b6c
SHA51263acb6401bb3116ff131b18cb52174e596de1ab84d0afc1932ffddec698cd436e8bcde0483d47bc5ed12fadcb4b4ff466345274f574972c43a4acec30eccf5fc
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Filesize
1KB
MD58ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c
SHA1d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c
SHA2567667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982
SHA51226bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3
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Filesize
2KB
MD5968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
SHA18da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
SHA25692099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
SHA5124bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
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Filesize
18KB
MD52d1b0cbcdec64b76c8af891b7640afc2
SHA1f072ac287363adc216c30f3807b6e61f5a345f11
SHA25649fd5c730c180caba2f8dc3f310a85d390fc0b3278ef86ffaf3c625023a420ca
SHA512aa69b8eda8533ba0ebebf7daf786959aa51c38f51bf3af8c0a1110bc79533b30de3340464376dc2b52f7c72a071bbac919f8bef176905eebb725d1ed21d151ad
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Filesize
18KB
MD5455e000a90d971e85e121481037d63da
SHA140bba3eb4d05e300a57ec5d1a91f67a6c55635ed
SHA256ca0ee099c24416867334ef3722cb7daf6d699b4b345e4c1a4e3841eb4cb96d13
SHA5127bda3e8a941c82732d42492f796860bec9a3e075475e2693a44210c0c33d9aeb891a91f42be4f2e8470ed41bd60eab010ffd0729a39230cac63e08bbec836c32
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Filesize
91KB
MD5b45e3c4c10da3da0c69e2f90dc3dfb10
SHA161a36473ced38978793a9af1aea1fc528eebe457
SHA256b6fe518ed8ca7ee32f79bb5dd52ab8250cc595d1aa8daec123cef383c6b0bdb6
SHA51244d0c2e0904702dd22c92004415ef3c821bf63de0fb0cc6d7cca41eab36f32531530dd5fdb48017fc5405c7554ae6387514ef3f4e74eea4b36a14d587742e15b
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Filesize
21KB
MD539f6b6c6cfde5ca3dc907a003ca40df8
SHA119eadbe59936429f183a7a2959dc551a9e101aea
SHA256b74b6955d22b580491efaecfdb947eb1364d4cbaacd9f3bdc81c187eaa4d1efc
SHA512de8804bcaf84f56b6705cd26daab29dac8400557377cecccc0d70c17d1e2c8946d70746d0bbfe2cf8ae56f9a391e3efabf36e68001e3aa959ba84c5dc1906733
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Filesize
17KB
MD5e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
SHA100bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
SHA2568e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
SHA512a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
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Filesize
60B
MD5d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA16ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA25696ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA5125b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
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Filesize
1KB
MD5ef046448f6cd25ef0553c6d9f707774f
SHA1a7eefc07432041d557db2e12733fc6da3232a423
SHA256905d89d672a1e23bd781b1ae3ad4d4461a0dc7a1c9dc44836c5c45409e717195
SHA512308f2e4d32b81ee3bd3146d7686245d5b7391eb4144cced6a10619fb962dc9e569352a6565cdac0ce399f7972087aa17239f184e872e44af2dd749e1da7b4896
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
320KB
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Filesize
1.8MB
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Filesize
120KB
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Filesize
68KB
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Filesize
652KB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
3.3MB
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Filesize
80KB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
408KB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
216KB
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Filesize
120KB
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Filesize
6.2MB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
652KB
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Filesize
120KB
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Filesize
200KB
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Filesize
6.5MB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
104KB
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Filesize
40KB
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Filesize
600KB
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Filesize
68KB
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Filesize
56KB
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Filesize
80KB
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Filesize
104KB
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Filesize
32KB
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Filesize
3.3MB
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Filesize
136KB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
408KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
868KB
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Filesize
304KB
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Filesize
4KB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
624KB
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Filesize
1.1MB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
1.4MB
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Filesize
120KB
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Filesize
4KB
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Filesize
11.8MB
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Filesize
5.6MB
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Filesize
584KB
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Filesize
40KB
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Filesize
7.7MB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB
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Filesize
64KB