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Default Vulnerable and Compressed File Extensions
4. When you have finished changing the list, click OK to save your changes
Current list of vulnerable file name extensions
In this list, ? symbols represent wildcards—VirusScan software substitutes
any character for the ? so that it scans more than one file type with similar
extensions. For example, the software will use the .XL? wildcard to look for
viruses in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.XLS) and template (.XLT) files.
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Extension
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.??_
.ARC
.ARJ
.ASP
.BAT
.CAB
.CDR
.CLA
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McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software
•
Select one of the extensions shown, then click Remove to delete it
from the list.
•
Click Default to restore the original extension entries. This removes
any extensions you have added to the list.
and close the dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without
saving your changes.
NOTE: McAfee recommends that you scan your system thoroughly
during your first scan operation, or periodically thereafter, without
limiting the scope of the scan operation to these file types. This ensures
that your system starts in a virus-free condition. You can then use this list
of extensions to limit the scope of later scan operations.
Table 9-1. Vulnerable file name extensions
File Type
Any
Compressed
Macro/script
Archive
Macro/script
Program
Compressed
Macro
Program
File Description
Files with no extension.
Windows compressed files.
LH ARC files, older version
Robert Jung .ARJ compressed archive files.
Microsoft Active Server Pages files. These files
contain script commands for use with Microsoft
Internet Information Server.
DOS batch files.
Windows Compressed Application Binary or
"cabinet" files.
Corel Draw document file. Later versions of
Corel Draw include a scripting language that can
generate macro viruses.
Java class files (truncated from .CLASS)
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