What are the Dangerous File Attachments?

What are the Dangerous File Attachments?

The following is a list of file attachments that may be blocked by the Mail Scanner service (the attachments are removed from emails before delivery to you)

These extensions are known to be dangerous in almost all cases.

• • .reg Possible Windows registry attack

• • .chm Possible compiled Help file-based virus

• • .cnf Possible SpeedDial attack

• • .hta Possible Microsoft HTML archive attack

• • .ins Possible Microsoft Internet Comm. Settings attack

• • .jse_ Possible Microsoft JScript attack

• • .lnk Possible Eudora *.lnk security hole attack

• • .ma_ Possible Microsoft Access Shortcut attack

• • .pif Possible MS-Dos program shortcut attack

• • .scf Possible Windows Explorer Command attack

• • .sct Possible Microsoft Windows Script Component attack

• • .shb Possible document shortcut attack

• • .shs Possible Shell Scrap Object attack

• • .vbe or .vbs Possible Microsoft Visual Basic script attack

• • .wsc .wsf .wsh Possible Microsoft Windows Script Host attack

• • .xnk Possible Microsoft Exchange Shortcut attack

These 2 are Very often used by viruses

• • .com Windows/DOS Executable

• • .exe Windows/DOS Executable

These are very dangerous and have been used to hide viruses

• • .scr Possible virus hidden in a screensaver

• • .bat Possible malicious batch file script

• • .cmd Possible malicious batch file script

• • .cpl Possible malicious control panel item

• • .mhtml Possible Eudora meta-refresh attack

Deny filenames ending with CLSID’s

• {[a-hA-H0-9-]{25,}\} Filename trying to hide its real extension
  Examples:
  A977FF0C-8757-4E76-8533-482F91946233
  000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

Deny filenames with lots of contiguous white space in them.

• Filename contains lots of white space Deny all other double file extensions. This catches any hidden filenames.
• Found possible filename hiding
  Examples:
  .txt.pif
  .doc.pif
  .doc.com
  .txt.exe

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