APPENDIX A.
REFERENCE
INFORMATION
This appendix contains reference materials on the file formats and extension
masks used in Kaspersky Anti-Virus settings.
A.1.
List of files scanned by
extension
If the
Scan Programs and Documents (By Extension)
is selected as the
File Antivirus scan option or virus scan task, files with the extensions listed below
will be analyzed closely for viruses.
These file types are also scanned by Mail
Anti-Virus if message attachment scanning is activated:
com
– executable file for a program
exe
– executable file or self-extracting archive
sys
– system driver
prg
– program text for dBase, Clipper or Microsoft Visual FoxPro, or a
WAVmaker program
bin
– binary file
bat
– batch file
cmd
– command file for Microsoft Windows NT (similar to a .bat file for
DOS), OS/2
dpl
– compressed Borland Delphi library
dll
– dynamic loading library
scr
– Microsoft Windows splash screen
cpl
– Microsoft Windows control panel module
ocx
– Microsoft OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) object
tsp
– program that runs in split-time mode
drv
– device driver
vxd
– Microsoft Windows virtual device driver
pif
– program information file
lnk
– Microsoft Windows link file
reg
– Microsoft Windows system registry key file
ini
– initialization file
