This statistic presents the most commonly detected malware file extensions worldwide between January to September 2017. According to the findings, the most commonly detected malware file extension during the recorded time period were Office-related files, accounting for 38 percent of detections.
Most commonly detected malicious file extensions worldwide from January to September 2017, by detection share
Characteristic
Share of detections
Office
38%
Archive
37%
PDF
14%
Other extension
6%
Binaries
4%
XML/HTML/JS
1%
Apple
0%
Image
0%
Scripts
0%
Android
0%
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