Malware analysis Employee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx Malicious activity

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File name:	Employee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/18e44394-7fff-4399-b690-e1164b1d67fc
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 15, 2025, 19:12:00
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	generated-doc qrcode phishing phish-url
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
File info:	Microsoft Word 2007+
MD5:	779656D904994706C127B62F02CF751D
SHA1:	B71CAA1D4363081AE77547F14D5445FEB8AFB5E7
SHA256:	EDCE7C015D0CA907F2286487E7E8CB58446E2E6CF7FAF6B3C1C3C936ECCC4490
SSDEEP:	1536:XmuRU9zSd98RjlPkM79frNmOHyc6IhUX59DsdlLRdDHBWgYl+dObB2rS3W/a4R2C:X7Cq80U9t

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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
- QR code contains URL with email
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 5936)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
No info indicators.

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TRiD

.docx	\|	Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (52.2)
.zip	\|	Open Packaging Conventions container (38.8)
.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (8.8)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	10
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	None
ZipModifyDate:	2025:02:06 08:19:30
ZipCRC:	0x00000000
ZipCompressedSize:	-
ZipUncompressedSize:	-
ZipFileName:	word/

XMP

Title:	-
Subject:	-
Creator:	html-to-docx
Description:	-

XML

Keywords:	html-to-docx
LastModifiedBy:	html-to-docx
RevisionNumber:	1
CreateDate:	2025:02:06 06:57:06.870Z
ModifyDate:	2025:02:06 06:57:06.870Z

No data.

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

5936

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Employee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx /o ""

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Word

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\winword.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7260

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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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

7332

"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

7480

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "ED3215AE-0985-43FD-91EE-7D285292B31E" "27535363-3F0B-4000-B422-38D6688FE6B8" "5936"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe

—

WINWORD.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.

Version:

0.12.2.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\c2r64.dll

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Total events

14 148

Read events

13 798

Write events

330

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 017012000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\5936
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E1086AE390A4D7C644CA55F031E65B739F32300468BE6BFC6A4C7EBED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511B02ED2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	es-es
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	it-it
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ja-jp
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ko-kr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(5936) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	pt-br
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

128

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin		text
		MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572	SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm		binary
		MD5:7139B479ADDC412D7090411141454561	SHA256:0B97B9C67F9544264E09E67D562224D98C6EDCC324315EA447A8343E957031F6
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\~$ployee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx		binary
		MD5:95057770CA1A7D41805DDE266B4FF65D	SHA256:D49CD6AB52DA517ECB12DA3B746DCCA2314DA22CB6DB14FA4232688F1442A843
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:B306FD1263CEC80D83772F1BB0B63562	SHA256:ECF988AF456B258BE51361C952DC3EB4237147436B2B5D44F9652B8BBAC6B20E
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntitiesUpdated.bin		text
		MD5:74420798A7720FD4B0BE1D3D2E19AD0D	SHA256:EB9A2A3345E0B7394B2E6E2C12359099D42E3AB0DAE79041640D4CD46A90C868
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:0D7AA8343B2A21B95C6E28112D9EF030	SHA256:4A464BCBCF3CC15D20ECEC057C0192FD9DA350D3BCEC38120504EBBC5615DF4A
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\Employee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx.LNK		binary
		MD5:0457CA2961CC25436187A508B3D0A78A	SHA256:6FBD5210B22C25F13824F4837603DA395AE183271C2A9DABC65D6F49CEA4C5AF
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat		text
		MD5:E123B08C9AEF5B4D4AF04E5A07BECA11	SHA256:B86BF501547B16D85CF6CB500BF60C62870207D23D8202F6189B97E97179013F
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Personalization\Governance\Anonymous\floodgatecampaigns.json.tmp		binary
		MD5:C102ADB980C14C2B204A9AD9A9B53A08	SHA256:2ACE155FCBDA971EF4B6C75A16B553A8378FAA7D65CA36DFDA5CF490DCC529F4
5936	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:B94CC8FD4021BBB72E7684046D1372F9	SHA256:1803821E2527D8AC24CB0A07D8F7908509D117ABB005CBA1D84913EA65405913

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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
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicCodSigPCA2011_2011-07-08.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
644	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.145:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/microsoftrootcert.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicCodSigPCA_08-31-2010.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.145:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	52.109.32.97:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	52.109.76.243:443	roaming.officeapps.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
5936	WINWORD.EXE	2.18.121.30:443	omex.cdn.office.net	AKAMAI-AS	FR	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.18.14	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.145 23.48.23.158 23.48.23.194 23.48.23.183 23.48.23.180 23.48.23.141 23.48.23.139 23.48.23.177 23.48.23.159 2.16.241.19 2.16.241.12	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.32.97	whitelisted
roaming.officeapps.live.com	52.109.76.243	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	2.18.121.30 2.18.121.19	whitelisted
fs.microsoft.com	23.197.142.186	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Employee_Handbook_Updated_Jan2025.docx

779656D904994706C127B62F02CF751D

B71CAA1D4363081AE77547F14D5445FEB8AFB5E7

EDCE7C015D0CA907F2286487E7E8CB58446E2E6CF7FAF6B3C1C3C936ECCC4490

1536:XmuRU9zSd98RjlPkM79frNmOHyc6IhUX59DsdlLRdDHBWgYl+dObB2rS3W/a4R2C:X7Cq80U9t

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MALICIOUS

QR code contains URL with email

SUSPICIOUS

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TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

XMP

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