Malware analysis research-1646684671.xls Malicious activity

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File name:	research-1646684671.xls
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/05a10f82-96b7-4a53-af9d-7d2a9dde7b6b
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 05, 2025, 22:18:34
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	macros40
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.ms-excel
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Last Saved By: Amanda, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Fri Jun 5 18:17:20 2015, Last Saved Time/Date: Sun Jun 13 09:24:55 2021, Security: 0
MD5:	927005139A0BE61EFE849C715D875DD2
SHA1:	0F6A91916941D85B69E5320873A5D1C45055BC4E
SHA256:	B23491EDE17F9A5B7D6AD27D3051A2224C214A5AFA2139E5147BD26319577F85
SSDEEP:	6144:Hknl9oBdySAx76F6XeyTVtW/9Ny9ABnl5/PBgxOHjuM9Mq:jl5/WxIjL

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (133.0.6943.127)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (133.0.3065.92)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 4576)
- Unusual execution from MS Office
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 4576)
- Calls Win API functions (MACROS)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 4576)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
No info indicators.

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TRiD

.xls	\|	Microsoft Excel sheet (78.9)

EXIF

FlashPix

Author:	-
LastModifiedBy:	Amanda
Software:	Microsoft Excel
CreateDate:	2015:06:05 18:17:20
ModifyDate:	2021:06:13 09:24:55
Security:	None
CodePage:	Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
Company:	-
ScaleCrop:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
TitleOfParts:	Doc1 Doc2 Doc3 Doc4
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 1 Excel 4.0 Macros 3

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Total processes

143

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4024

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4576

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\research-1646684671.xls"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Excel

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\excel.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

4864

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

5300

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\research-1646684671.xls

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

5372

regsvr32 -s ..\iroto.dll

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

—

EXCEL.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft(C) Register Server

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

7108

regsvr32 -s ..\iroto1.dll

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

—

EXCEL.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft(C) Register Server

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\aclayers.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

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Total events

8 090

Read events

7 838

Write events

232

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5300) cmd.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xls\OpenWithProgids
Operation:	write	Name:	Excel.Sheet.8
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5300) cmd.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached
Operation:	write	Name:	{97E467B4-98C6-4F19-9588-161B7773D6F6} {886D8EEB-8CF2-4446-8D02-CDBA1DBDCF99} 0xFFFF
Value: 0100000000000000DC78D8C1FAEDDB01
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: 01D014000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	es-es
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	it-it
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ja-jp
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4576) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ko-kr
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\9755FB3F-7A2F-4C6E-B4B4-C3B8DAB30FB7		xml
		MD5:1BE38F76E3C5DF141CFD0798540B5354	SHA256:0F2F21AF47CFBE253179AF9EA63A3882857907CC6D3068D7A5F56CA97FCC4B19
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\936F10BC72DB0BC0181957BCF75D6817		binary
		MD5:4B78F92C14AFDFD84057ABCDA693B60F	SHA256:AEEE047AEA4D3F8584B1084A86A00C5A2292E8F7751A66C2F2050C5F9C10E9B3
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:B181196BF77DD6D365BB588D29377CD7	SHA256:D81ABAB96F068EB538061C391703BF540A4237564D5672862B0A665BE21A56F7
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Excel\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.S		binary
		MD5:0D54E516F6119BA1391AADE7BD9BF782	SHA256:770215A6B5779F506FB52A36CFC99BF481950822F6DB4671D6A7097A7056DD23
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\936F10BC72DB0BC0181957BCF75D6817		binary
		MD5:1488F8B47565D7A6DEF9AA43FEA03C0D	SHA256:6527CED920353AEEB29E2B17CEDEF6D64442CBD193A21C9F9960943899B8C9E8
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\excel.exe_Rules.xml		xml
		MD5:13AF026BB17E87B1A24C00E8295447B0	SHA256:4695B860F6568E9EDDC220E4C80C848D5B6BE780C9A4A31FAD4D878E098FF8DB
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Personalization\Governance\Anonymous\floodgatecampaigns.json.tmp		binary
		MD5:8EB4A1D3C2821EE138386C9EE43FBA49	SHA256:484148A693918DF563589B646FBC8B2A32FB1315E662A64DE747716BCEA5BBEE
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Personalization\Governance\Anonymous\floodgatecampaigns.json		binary
		MD5:8EB4A1D3C2821EE138386C9EE43FBA49	SHA256:484148A693918DF563589B646FBC8B2A32FB1315E662A64DE747716BCEA5BBEE
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FontCache\4\PreviewFont\flat_officeFontsPreview_4_41.ttf		pi2
		MD5:A807151D5747F6460143DC1FD2C3195F	SHA256:012B923D8650C3F8F7CAF0F1B95A21A5D93677B1BA3AB0471056D9D74852E234
4576	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:3DE635177C33DADC7102B76C945F2DB7	SHA256:023A3B611CBEC47583CBD227AD9613F2DF9B39889C26B607F4FEAD3A27EDBD2A

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.168.124:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4576	EXCEL.EXE	GET	200	104.18.21.213:80	http://r11.c.lencr.org/29.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7072	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4576	EXCEL.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1732	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1732	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6768	RUXIMICS.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	2.16.168.124:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	RU	whitelisted
4576	EXCEL.EXE	52.109.89.18:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4576	EXCEL.EXE	52.123.128.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
4576	EXCEL.EXE	188.209.214.83:443	nws.visionconsulting.ro	ROMARG SRL	RO	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.46	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.168.124 2.16.168.114	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.89.18	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 23.35.229.160	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.128.14 52.123.129.14	whitelisted
nws.visionconsulting.ro	188.209.214.83	unknown
r11.c.lencr.org	104.18.21.213 104.18.20.213	whitelisted
royalpalm.sparkblue.lk	—	unknown
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.227.11 52.111.236.22	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

research-1646684671.xls

927005139A0BE61EFE849C715D875DD2

0F6A91916941D85B69E5320873A5D1C45055BC4E

B23491EDE17F9A5B7D6AD27D3051A2224C214A5AFA2139E5147BD26319577F85

6144:Hknl9oBdySAx76F6XeyTVtW/9Ny9ABnl5/PBgxOHjuM9Mq:jl5/WxIjL

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE

Unusual execution from MS Office

Calls Win API functions (MACROS)

SUSPICIOUS

INFO

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TRiD

EXIF

FlashPix

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