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Confidence	Program	Detection	Match Type	Support
`100%`	dexvert	dBase/FoxBase/XBase/FoxPro Database File `(document/dbf)`	magic	Supported
`100%`	file	dBase IV DBT of CTYTXT_U.DBF, block length 512, next free block index 5497, field length 1022, 1st used item "<P>Land-locked in Central Asia, Afghanistan is surrounded by Iran, Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Ap"	default (weak)
`99%`	file	data	default
`100%`	TrID	VXD Driver	default (weak)
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