Malware analysis archer.exe.zip Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	archer.exe.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/6a13c2e3-2033-422f-bb9d-8653dc3a7172
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 17, 2025, 13:36:06
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v5.1 to extract, compression method=AES Encrypted
MD5:	90463841BF5A02628E81AD6786E194F6
SHA1:	D813DFA0FAE0217DF72E5EC6BA6ABA720A30699A
SHA256:	C718BF48218AD4B89739890D9BE3D91B6465D5DC4D2D594797819063ED9AD4A6
SSDEEP:	24576:xFDqKbnRtDvW6OL7HeNsOeCBz+j4RzSgc4DCRzp4fWqcXS/WIgXQzqcOpPdrBJQk:x1qKbnXe6OL7HeNsOeCBz+j4RzSgc4DI

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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 (122.0.6261.70)
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 (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
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) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
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)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
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
- Generic archive extractor
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5008)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5008)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - rundll32.exe (PID: 6752)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
INFO
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - OpenWith.exe (PID: 2392)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5008)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
- Checks supported languages
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)
- Manual execution by a user
  - archer.exe (PID: 5400)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	51
ZipBitFlag:	0x0009
ZipCompression:	Unknown (99)
ZipModifyDate:	2025:05:17 13:33:54
ZipCRC:	0x52f92bf8
ZipCompressedSize:	821774
ZipUncompressedSize:	849256
ZipFileName:	archer.exe.bin

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Total processes

138

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2392

C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\OpenWith.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Pick an app

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\openwith.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

3676

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll

5008

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\archer.exe.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

5400

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\archer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\archer.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\archer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

6456

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

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

6576

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

—

rundll32.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\win32u.dll

6752

rundll32.exe Posterior,Questionaries

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

—

archer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows host process (Rundll32)

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\aclayers.dll

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Total events

3 514

Read events

3 478

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\archer.exe.zip
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface
Operation:	write	Name:	ShowPassword
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5008) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\DialogEditHistory\ExtrPath
Operation:	delete value	Name:	15
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5008	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIb5008.28764\archer.exe.bin		executable
		MD5:C3A01AD5077A232F04A4B09DA13C16B2	SHA256:86A01EA326A334AAC27F886EE5B5D452893C2CE9D201DAD4F59015E30AA7D9E7
5008	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\archer.exe.bin		executable
		MD5:C3A01AD5077A232F04A4B09DA13C16B2	SHA256:86A01EA326A334AAC27F886EE5B5D452893C2CE9D201DAD4F59015E30AA7D9E7
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\player.xml		xml
		MD5:20A23B36AC62AEA277586DEE5E559D5E	SHA256:C070C56BE97905096770F69E7886C32DEDB56576FEE779DB3362D1F1E2C74EB0
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\SERVERLib.dll		executable
		MD5:4BE1885F7693F3734EFAB71DA9AEA77C	SHA256:E981BFA9D985DA036FFFE19905DCF7D607D8037F65C5F36999DD32C71A2C7E04
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\org.gnome.eog.gschema.xml		text
		MD5:0939E20F6770B6B240BA9795FD977556	SHA256:E9BCD1CB56F11129D5CD6BC02ECD74DBFC6CEA85FBD797FAA7A8A06F8C3ED7AF
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\mp2.xml		xml
		MD5:8FECB8C75D637F960F5B154DEB861FF3	SHA256:4CEB5D2475FC239C6FD72DF83A81A84D5C506B07E4D52BFFF45A518C9D578F6C
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\editbin.exe		executable
		MD5:EF322D97E0BF036E236A85A19D85235E	SHA256:51FF3FF717529746CCEA8412DA24A6D57B6C04D32AAD04059B53B49D93776DE4
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Posterior.dll		executable
		MD5:F2AF942B8A34527AE993FEDBB8A3BEC5	SHA256:5FF36F9D69C2B6906106D6B43039199379FB17318EFF2602C18F0BF146A655D0
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\job\x-executable.xml		xml
		MD5:1E42D855CB6621C3B6625A9A46242A89	SHA256:04531A6F11E0E76034860BDB1127854BB629E0ABA7D82A86E857950670B37795
5400	archer.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\scans\VsWebSiteInterop.dll		executable
		MD5:4FB0672D5842DDB98898784461480E8B	SHA256:B7A43778327D9052A0C55E33694C400D3CA7FA5BD40D6B0102918C120D2D5463

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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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.41:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.41:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6644	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.219.150.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6644	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.219.150.101:80	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
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.216.77.41:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.41:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.2:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.41 23.216.77.22 23.216.77.42 23.216.77.36 23.216.77.25 23.216.77.6 23.216.77.35 23.216.77.28 23.216.77.20	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171 23.219.150.101	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.184.238	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.2 20.190.159.4 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.1 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.71 20.190.159.131 40.126.31.69	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	172.202.163.200	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.85.23.206	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

archer.exe.zip

90463841BF5A02628E81AD6786E194F6

D813DFA0FAE0217DF72E5EC6BA6ABA720A30699A

C718BF48218AD4B89739890D9BE3D91B6465D5DC4D2D594797819063ED9AD4A6

24576:xFDqKbnRtDvW6OL7HeNsOeCBz+j4RzSgc4DCRzp4fWqcXS/WIgXQzqcOpPdrBJQk:x1qKbnXe6OL7HeNsOeCBz+j4RzSgc4DI

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MALICIOUS

Generic archive extractor

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Create files in a temporary directory

The sample compiled with english language support

Checks supported languages

Manual execution by a user

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ZIP

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