The following table lists the file types that are supported
for analysis in the WildFire appliance private cloud and through
WildFire portal direct uploads.
File Types Supported
for Analysis
WildFire Private
Cloud (WildFire appliance)
WildFire Portal | API (direct upload; all regions)
Links contained in emails
Android application package (APK) files
Adobe Flash files
Java Archive (JAR) files
Microsoft Office files (includes SLK and
IQY files**)
Portable executable files (includes MSI files**)
Portable document format (PDF) files
Mac OS X files
Linux (ELF files and Shell
scripts) files
Archive (RAR, 7-Zip, ZIP) files*
Script (BAT, JS, VBS, PS1, and HTA) files
Script (Perl and Python) scripts
Archive (ZIP [direct upload] and ISO) files*
* ZIP files are not directly forwarded to the Wildfire cloud
for analysis. Instead, they are first decoded by the firewall, and
files that match the WildFire Analysis profile criteria are separately
forwarded for analysis.
** The WildFire appliance does not support MSI, IQY, and SLK
file analysis.