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Signatures

External signatures File extension: cab
Internal signatures
Name Windows Cabinet File
Description CAB Signature (MSCF); Reserved Checksum 4 bytes set to zero; total size of cabinet file 4 bytes, 4 bytes reserved, absolute address of the first CFFILE (4 bytes); files checksum (4 bytes): minor version 1-byte (3), major version 1-byte (1)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 4D534346{20}0301
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