Malware or computer virus can infect your computer in several different ways, but one of the most common methods of its delivery is through malicious file attachments over emails that execute the malware when you open them.
Therefore, to protect its users from malicious scripts and executable, Microsoft is planning to blacklist 38 additional file extensions by adding them to its list of file extensions that are blocked from being downloaded as attachments in Outlook on the Web.
Previously known as Outlook Web Application or OWA, “Outlook on the Web” is Microsoft’s web-based email client for users to access their emails, calendars, tasks and contacts from Microsoft’s on-premises Exchange Server and cloud-based Exchange Online.
The list of blocked file extensions currently has 104 entries, including .exe, .url, .com, .cmd, .asp, .lnk, .js, .jar, .tmp, .app, .isp, .hlp, .pif, .msi, .msh, and more.
Now, the expanded block list will also include 38 new extensions in an upcoming update, preventing Outlook on the Web users from downloading attachments that have any of these 142 file extensions, until or unless an Outlook or Microsoft Exchange Server administrator has whitelisted any of…
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