ITS System Announcements

E-mail is a means of spreading viruses and worms.  Scanning for viruses and worms is essential in mitigating the risk of an outbreak within Wesleyan’s network.  In addition to virus scanning, some types of file attachments are considered potentially dangerous enough to strip them from messages that pass through our servers in all cases.  Below is a list of files that Wesleyan’s mail servers block.  Files are blocked if the file extension (the three letters to the right of the dot) matches an entry in the table below.

File name extension	File type
.ade	Access Project Extension (Microsoft)
.adp	Access Project (Microsoft)
.app	Executable Application
.asp	Active Server Page
.bas	BASIC Source Code
.bat	Batch Processing
.cer	Internet Security Certificate File
.chm	Compiled HTML Help
.cmd	DOS CP/M Command File, Command File for Windows NT
.cnf	Config file used by Telnet, Windows and other applications
.com	Command
.cpl	Windows Control Panel Extension (Microsoft)
.crt	Certificate File
.csh	csh Script
.der	DER Encoded X509 Certificate File
.exe	Executable File
.fxp	FoxPro Compiled Source (Microsoft)
.gadget	Windows Vista gadget
.hlp	Windows Help File
.hta	Hypertext Application
.inf	Information or Setup File
.ins	IIS Internet Communications Settings (Microsoft)
.isp	IIS Internet Service Provider Settings (Microsoft)
.its	Internet Document Set, Internet Translation
.js	JavaScript Source Code
.jse	JScript Encoded Script File
.ksh	UNIX Shell Script
.lnk	Windows Shortcut File
.mad	Access Module Shortcut (Microsoft)
.maf	Access (Microsoft)
.mag	Access Diagram Shortcut (Microsoft)
.mam	Access Macro Shortcut (Microsoft)
.maq	Access Query Shortcut (Microsoft)
.mar	Access Report Shortcut (Microsoft)
.mas	Access Stored Procedures (Microsoft)
.mat	Access Table Shortcut (Microsoft)
.mau	Media Attachment Unit
.mav	Access View Shortcut (Microsoft)
.maw	Access Data Access Page (Microsoft)
.mda	Access Add-in (Microsoft), MDA Access 2 Workgroup (Microsoft)
.mdb	Access Application (Microsoft), MDB Access Database (Microsoft)
.mde	Access MDE Database File (Microsoft)
.mdt	Access Add-in Data (Microsoft)
.mdw	Access Workgroup Information (Microsoft)
.mdz	Access Wizard Template (Microsoft)
.mhtml	MHTML document (MIME)
.msc	Microsoft Management Console Snap-in Control File (Microsoft)
.msh	Microsoft Shell
.msh1	Microsoft Shell
.msh2	Microsoft Shell
.mshxml	Microsoft Shell
.msh1xml	Microsoft Shell
.msh2xml	Microsoft Shell
.msi	Windows Installer File (Microsoft)
.msp	Windows Installer Update
.mst	Windows SDK Setup Transform Script
.ops	Office Profile Settings File
.pcd	Visual Test (Microsoft)
.pif	Windows Program Information File (Microsoft)
.plg	Developer Studio Build Log
.prf	Windows System File
.prg	Program File
.pst	MS Exchange Address Book File, Outlook Personal Folder File (Microsoft)
.reg	Registration Information/Key for W95/98, Registry Data File
.scf	Windows Explorer Command
.scr	Windows Screen Saver
.sct	Windows Script Component, Foxpro Screen (Microsoft)
.shb	Windows Shortcut into a Document
.shs	Shell Scrap Object File
.ps1	Windows PowerShell
.ps1xml	Windows PowerShell
.ps2	Windows PowerShell
.ps2xml	Windows PowerShell
.psc1	Windows PowerShell
.psc2	Windows PowerShell
.tmp	Temporary File/Folder
.url	Internet Location
.vb	VBScript File or Any VisualBasic Source
.vbe	VBScript Encoded Script File
.vbs	VBScript Script File, Visual Basic for Applications Script
.vsmacros	Visual Studio .NET Binary-based Macro Project (Microsoft)
.vsw	Visio Workspace File (Microsoft)
.ws	Windows Script File
.wsc	Windows Script Component
.wsf	Windows Script File
.wsh	Windows Script Host Settings File
.xnk	Exchange Public Folder Shortcut
.zip	Compressed archive file

In addition to the table above, file attachments are removed if the filename conains many continuous white spaces, or if the filename contains double file extenstions (for example filename.jpg.exe).