From a security perspective, uploading of executable files with the below extensions through FTP is not allowed on MYDO Windows Hosting (Single Domain Hosting, Multi Domain Hosting and reseller Hosting) Servers:
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COM (machine language)
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.VBS (Visual Basic script)
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.VBE (Visual Basic script-encoded)
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.CMD (batch file - Windows)
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.BAT (batch file - DOS/Windows)
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.WS (Windows script)
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.WSF (Windows script)
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.SHS (OLE object package)
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.PIF (shortcut to DOS file plus code)
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.HTA (hypertext application)
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.JAR (Java archive)
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.LNK (shortcut to an executable)
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.EXE (executable script)
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.PIF (A program information file for MS-DOS programs. While .PIF files aren’t supposed to contain executable code, Windows will treat .PIFs the same as .EXE files if they contain executable code.)
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.MSP (A Windows installer patch file. Used to patch applications deployed with .MSI files.)
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.SCR (A Windows screen saver. Windows screen savers can contain executable code.)
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.CPL (A Control Panel file. All of the utilities found in the Windows Control Panel are .CPL files.)
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.MSC (A Microsoft Management Console file. Applications such as the group policy editor and disk management tool are .MSC files.)
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.PS1, .PS1XML, .PS2, .PS2XML, .PSC1, .PSC2 (A Windows PowerShell script. Runs PowerShell commands in the order specified in the file.)