Supported File Types
MetaDefender Sandbox accepts files below the size limit for analysis. The table below lists the most prevalent file types officially supported. Unlisted file types may yield less accurate analysis results.
| File Type | Static Analysis | Dynamic Analysis | OS | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A3X | Windows | |||
| APK | Android | |||
| ASF | Windows | Windows Media Video | ||
| AU3 | Windows | |||
| BAT | Windows | |||
| CPL | Windows | |||
| DOC | Windows | |||
| DOC95 | Windows | |||
| DOCM | Windows | |||
| DOCX | Windows | |||
| DOT | Windows | |||
| DOT95 | Windows | |||
| DOTM | Windows | |||
| DOTX | Windows | |||
| DWG | Windows | VBA macro extraction | ||
| ELF | Unix | |||
| EML | Windows | |||
| HTA | Windows | |||
| HTML | Windows | |||
| HWP | Windows | Hangul Word Processor | ||
| Java | Multi-OS | Java Decompilation & re-analysis | ||
| JScript | Windows | |||
| JSE | Windows | |||
| LNK | Windows | |||
| MBOX | Windows | |||
| MSC | Windows | |||
| MSG | Windows | |||
| MSI | Windows | |||
| ODF | Multi-OS | |||
| ODS | Windows | |||
| ODT | Windows | |||
| OLE | Windows | |||
| ONE | Windows | Microsoft OneNote exported section | ||
| Multi-OS | ||||
| PE (EXE/DLL) | Windows | PE unpacking & re-analysis | ||
| PE (dotnet_pe) | Windows | PE.NET decompilation & re-analysis | ||
| PE (other) | Windows | Other specific PE types (SFX, Golang, Rust, etc.) | ||
| Pickle | Multi-OS | |||
| POT | Windows | |||
| POTM | Windows | |||
| POTX | Windows | |||
| PowerShell | Windows | |||
| PPAM | Windows | |||
| PPSX | Windows | |||
| PPT | Windows | |||
| PPT95 | Windows | |||
| PPTM | Windows | |||
| PPTX | Windows | |||
| PUB | Windows | |||
| RFC822 | Windows | |||
| RTF | Windows | |||
| SCT | Windows | |||
| SVG | Windows | |||
| TXT | Windows | |||
| VBScript | Windows | |||
| WSF | Windows | |||
| XLS | Windows | |||
| XLS | Windows | |||
| XLSM | Windows | |||
| XLSX | Windows | |||
| XLTM | Windows | |||
| XLTX | Windows |
Note: The MIME type is detected automatically regardless of the provided file suffix.
* if the file contains objects that have dedicated dynamic analysis support (e.g. JavaScript in PDF)
** Read more about supported unpackers and full overview of executable capabilities available here
Archive Files
| Supported Archive Types | Archives extraction | Type-specific analysis | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7Z | |||
| ACE | |||
| BZIP2/BZ2 | |||
| CAB | Requires version 1.6.1 or later | ||
| CHM | |||
| DEB | |||
| GTAR | |||
| GZIP | |||
| LZIP | |||
| ISO | |||
| PKG (NodeJS) | |||
| RAR | |||
| SFX (PEEXE) | |||
| TBZ2 | |||
| TAR | |||
| TGZ | |||
| TXZ | |||
| MSU | |||
| VHD | Requires 1.6.3 or later | ||
| WHL | |||
| XPI | |||
| ZIP | |||
| ZIPX |
* The most relevant files are identified and extracted, along with the file list. But not all of the contained files.
Maximum File Size:
The maximum file size is 2000 MB.
Note: All file size limits can be configured.
Maximum parallel uploads
Maximum parallel uploads - as part of an archive - from v2..:
- 1000 executables,
- 10 documents,
- 10 other
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