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Confidence	Program	Detection	Match Type
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`99%`	TrID	HomeLab/BraiLab Tape image	default (weak)
`0%`	TrID	MacBinary 1	default (weak)
`0%`	TrID	Adobe PhotoShop Brush	default (weak)
`0%`	TrID	VXD Driver	default (weak)
`0%`	TrID	Sybase iAnywhere database files	default (weak)
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