McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite User Manual page 291

Table 9-1. Vulnerable file name extensions
Extension File Type
.SYS Program
.TAR Archive
.VBS Script
.VS? Macro
.VXD Program
.WBK Macro
.WPD Macro
.XL? Macro
.XML Script/macro
.ZIP Archive
Default Vulnerable and Compressed File Extensions
File Description
DOS or Windows system files and device
drivers. These executable files frequently start
along with or as part of program execution.
UNIX tape archive files.
Visual Basic script files and VBScript files.
VBScript is an implementation of the Microsoft
Visual Basic programming language. It powers
special features on many web pages, and can
directly manipulate many functions inside
Microsoft Outlook and other software.
Visio drawing and related files. Later Visio
versions include infectable scripting extensions.
Windows virtual device drivers. These are
executable fiels that often reside in memory.
Microsoft Word backup files
Corel WordPerfect document files.
Microsoft Excel worksheet, add-in, toolbar,
chart, dialog box, backup, macro, workspace,
Visual Basic module, and template files. These
files can contain infectable Visual Basic for
Applications macros.
Extensible Markup Language files. Although
they are nominally plain text, these files can
contain powerful scripting functions that act
through browser software.
WinZip and PKZip compressed archive files.
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