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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 0xe90c0100 0d0a2020
| default
| |
| 99%
| file
| data
| default
| |
| 100%
| gt2
| DOS COM Executable Datei
| default (weak)
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