McAfee DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5 User Manual page 315

Table 9-1. Vulnerable file name extensions
Extension File Type
.COM Program
.CSC Script/macro
.DL? Program
.DOC Macro
.DOT Macro
.EXE Program
.GMS Macro
.GZ? Compressed
.HLP Macro
.HT? Script/macro
.ICE Compressed
.IM? Program
.INI Program
.JS? Script
.LZH Compressed
Default Vulnerable and Compressed File Extensions
File Description
Command/binary image files. These common
files run as infectable executable programs.
DOS and Windows system files frequently make
use of this extension.
Corel script files. Script files can include viruses
or generate macro viruses.
Dynamic Link Library file; C++ dialog script files.
Dynamic Link Library files are resource files
linked to executable program files. Executable
files can load viruses stored in them and run
them as part of their native code.
Microsoft Word document files. These files can
contain Word Basic macros and, therefore,
macro viruses
Microsoft Word document template files. These
files can contain Word Basic macros and macro
viruses
Executable files. Most software uses this
extension to identify files that start its command
shell or program kernel.
Corel Global Macro Storage files.
UNIX GNU Gzip compressed files.
Windows Help files. These files can contain
executable Word Basic or other macro code.
Hyper Text Markup Language and related files;
Microsoft Hyper Text template files. Although
they are nominally plain text, these files can
contain powerful scripting functions that act
through browser software
ICE compressed files.
Image files for creating disk images.
Windows initialization files. Although these are
generally text files, infected .INI files can cause
mIRC clients to perform unwanted actions.
JavaScript source files. JavaScript files can
contain virus code that acts directly on web
browsers.
LHARC compressed files
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