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This file was processed as: Java Class File
(other/javaClass).
This format is not currently supported by dexvert.
| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
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| 1%
| dexvert
| Java Class File (other/javaClass)
| magic
| Unsupported |
| 100%
| file
| compiled Java class data, version 45.3
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| file
| data
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| TrID
| Java bytecode
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| siegfried
| x-fmt/415 Java Class File
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| gt2
| Kompilierter Java Bytecode
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| 100%
| detectItEasy
| Format: Java Class File (.CLASS)(JDK 1.1.3)
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| 100%
| detectItEasy
| Format: Universal Binary
| default (weak)
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| 100%
| xdgMime
| application/x-java
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