“.exe” (Executable)

“.scr” (Screen Saver)

“.com” (Not the website, but the file-type)

“.bat” (System file)

“.sct” (Script File)

“.ocx” (ActiveX Objects)

“.dll” (Dynamic Link Libraries)

Extensions that you should not be particularly afraid of:

Pictures such as: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, THUMB, PIC.

Documents such as: DOC, TXT, EX, RTF.

Movies Such as: MPG, MPG4, MPEG, AVI, FLV, WMV.

I still recommend using an Anti-virus program to scan the ones you don’t particularly have to care about (in-case somebody releases a malicious virus via a private exploit found in those extension types). Check here for a list of anti-virus programs and firewalls.

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