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Signatures

External signatures File extension: mdb
File extension: mda
File extension: mdt
File extension: mde
Internal signatures
Name MS Access 97
Description Jet 3 DB header plus variably-positioned AccessVersion 07. Two byte sequences. Sequence one character sequence, Standard Jet DB. Sequence two character sequence AccessVersion{1-1024}07.[0:9][0:9]
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order Little-endian
Value 000100005374616E64617264204A65742044420000000000
Position type Variable
Byte order Little-endian
Value 41636365737356657273696F6E{0-1024}30372E[30:39][30:39]
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