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MS-DOS COM Executable | 1992-01-21 | 40.3 KB
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MacOS 8.1 |
Win98 |
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Confidence	Program	Detection	Match Type	Support
`66%`	dexvert	PMarc SFX Archive `(archive/pmarcSFX)`	ext	Supported
`1%`	dexvert	MS-DOS COM Executable `(executable/com)`	magic	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Crackright Packed `(archive/cackrightPacked)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	COM-Pack Packed `(archive/comPackPacked)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	PMexe CP/M Packed `(archive/pmexePacked)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	PopCom Packed `(archive/popComPacked)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	TurboBat Packed `(archive/turboBatPacked)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Atari executable MSX music `(music/atariExecutableMSXMusic)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	DIGIPAK audio driver `(executable/digiPAKAudioDriver)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	EICAR antivirus test file `(other/eicarAntivirusTestFile)`	ext	Unsupported
`100%`	file	DOS executable (COM), start instruction 0xe9a86e00 00000000	default
`99%`	file	data	default
`99%`	TrID	ASIC compiled DOS COM	default
`0%`	TrID	Sybase iAnywhere database files	default (weak)
`100%`	gt2	DOS COM Executable Datei	default (weak)
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