Always handle suspicious files with caution. Trend Micro recommends adding such files to a password-protected archive file or password-protecting document files from being opened before transporting the files across the network. TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection Analyzer can also heuristically discover passwords in email messages to extract files.

TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection Analyzer uses user-specified passwords to extract files or open password-protected documents. For better performance, list commonly used passwords first.

TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection Analyzer supports the following password-protected archive file types:

If Virtual Analyzer is unable to extract files using any of the listed passwords, TippingPoint Advanced Threat Protection Analyzer displays the error Unsupported file type and removes the archive file from the queue.