Extension

Type

Application

preview

read also

.exe .com

Executable file

!  Never load from News-groups !

Virus, troj Horses etc.

.001 .010 .100 ...

Splitted file

Mastersplitter

possible

Multipartposting

.1 .10 .100 ...

Splitted file

Winsplit95

no

Multipartposting

.rar .r01 .r02 ...

Zipped, Splitted file

Winrar

difficult

Multipartposting,
Virus, troj Horses etc.
Zipped or compressed

.zip, .arj

Zipped file

Winzip

no

Virus, troj Horses etc.
Zipped or compressed

.mpg .mpeg

Movie

MS Mediaplayer

yes

.rm

Movie

Realplayer, MS Mediaplayer

possible

hidden links

.mov .qt

Movie

Quick Time, MS Mediaplayer

possible

.asf

Movie

MS Mediaplayer

yes

hidden links

.avi

Movie

MS Mediaplayer

difficult

AVI Codecs

.qm

Movie

Video Mail Viewer

.bmp

Picture Bitmap

ACDSee

yes

.jpg

Picture Jpeg

ACDSee

yes

compressed

.gif

Compuserve Picture

ACDSee

yes

compressed

.gif

Animated Picture

ACDSee 32

yes

compressed