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| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
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| 10%
| dexvert
| MacBinary (archive/macBinary)
| fallback
| Supported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Alchemy Mindworks Resource (other/alchemyMindworksResource)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Depth Dwellers Resource/game data (other/depthDwellersGameData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Intelligent Games resource data (other/intelligentGamesResourceData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| The Software Toolworks resources archive (other/theSoftwareToolworksResourcesArchive)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| T-Resource game data container (other/tResourceGameDataContainer)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| AESOP engine Resource data (other/aesopEngineResourceData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| CINEMA 4D Layout (other/cinema4DLayout)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Godot Resource data (other/godotResourceData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| M.A.X. game data archive (other/maxGameDataArchive)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Project IGI Resource data (other/projectIGIResourceData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| SCream Engine resource data (other/screamEngineResourceData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 100%
| file
| MacBinary II, inited, Sat Jul 2 12:34:51 1994, modified Sat Jul 2 12:34:55 1994, creator 'TSPI', type 'HPB1', 321979 bytes "GIUK.RES" , at 0x4ea3b 286 bytes resource raw G3 (Group 3) FAX, byte-padded
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| 99%
| file
| data
| default
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| 100%
| TrID
| MacBinary 2
| default (weak)
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| 100%
| lsar
| MacBinary
| default
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