The resulting Web page may or may not offer useful information. If it doesn’t, try another file extension database, such as FILExt. Just enter the extension in the field in the upper-right ...

and image files (.GIF, .JPG, etc.) are safe to launch because they are data and not executable software. They have learned to be leery of .EXE, .VBS and other extensions that are executed immediately.

and the termination of various database processes before encryption. With this version, when a victim's files are encrypted, not only will the filename be scrambled, but the extension will be ...