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Carbon Black Cloud: What Types of Files Can Be Deleted by Auto-Delete Malware Feature

Carbon Black Cloud: What Types of Files Can Be Deleted by Auto-Delete Malware Feature

Environment

  • Carbon Black Cloud Web Console: All Current Supported Versions
  • Carbon Black Cloud Windows Sensor: 3.2.1 and later
  • Carbon Black Cloud Mac Sensor: 3.3 and later

Question

What Types of Files Can Be Deleted by Auto-Delete Malware Feature?

Answer

Auto-Delete Malware feature will only allow to delete Portable Executable (PE) format files and macOS-executables by default.

Additional Notes

  • The Portable Executable (PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, DLLs and others used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems.
  • Auto-delete will not delete regular document files that do not contain macOS-executablemacros.

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