McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 290

Default Vulnerable and Compressed File Extensions Table 9-1. Vulnerable file name extensions Extension .MD? File Type Macro .MPP .MPT Macro Macro .MSG Macro .MSO .OCX Macro Program .OLE Program .OV? .POT .PP? .RAR .RTF .SCR .SHS .SMM Program Macro Macro Archive Macro Program Program Macro File Description Microsoft Access database, add-in, and related files. These files can contain infectable Visual Basic for Applications macros. Microsoft Project files. These files can contain infectable Visual Basic for Applications macros. Microsoft Project template files. These files can contain infectable Visual Basic for Applications macros. Microsoft Mail, Exchange and Outlok message files. These files can contain script commands that can introduce virus infections. Microsoft Office 2000 files. Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding custom controls. These files are similar to ActiveX controls and can function as harmful software in their own right. Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding object files. These files are similar to ActiveX controls. They are files created in one application to be embedded in another application. Overlay files. Microsoft PowerPoint template files. These files can contain infectable Visual Basic for Applications macros. Microsoft PowerPoint document and slide show files. These files can contain infectable Visual Basic for Applications macros. RAR compressed archives. Rich Text Format files. These files serve as a common text file format for many document files. Windows screen saver files. Windows shell script (scrap object) files. These files can introduce commands that cause unwanted behavior on the host computer. Lotus AmiPro spreadsheet files. These files include macro capabilities. 290 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software