Top 50 most vulnerable file extentions

By
Memphis PC Guy
– April 19, 2008Posted in: Software

Whether you are using a resident anti-virus program such as Microsoft Security Essentials,  AVAST or AVG Free Edition to help protect your computer or a scan-on-demand program such as Clam Antivirus for Windows, here is a list of  the top 50 most vulnerable file extensions. If your current scans are taking to long, consider limiting the searches to these extensions.

.386 .asp .bat .bin .bmp .boo .chm .cla .class .cmd .cnm .com .cpl .dev .dll .do* .drv .eml .exe .gif .hlp .ht* .ini .jpeg .jpg .js* .lnk .md*
.msg .nws .ocx .ov* .pcx .pgm .php* .pif .png .pot .pp* .scr .shs .smm .sys .tif .vbe .vbs .vbx .wmf .xl* .zl*

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