Which three file types can be forwarded to WildFire for analysis as a part of the basic WildFire service? (Choose three.)

Question

Options

• A.dll
• B.exe
• C.fon
• D.apk
• E.pdf
• F.jar

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  6% (3)
• D
  88% (42)

Explanation

Palo Alto Networks' basic WildFire service supports .apk (Android application packages), .pdf (Portable Document Format), and .jar (Java Archive) files for cloud-based malware analysis - these are the three file types covered under the foundational service tier without requiring additional subscription features.

.exe (B) and .dll (A) are Windows Portable Executable (PE) file types that WildFire can analyze, but they fall outside the scope of the basic service tier as defined in this context - they are associated with extended or subscribed WildFire capabilities. .fon (C) is a legacy Windows font file format and is simply not a supported WildFire submission type at any tier, making it the clear distractor.

Memory tip: Think "DAJ" - Dalvik (Android/APK), Acrobat (PDF), Java (JAR)" - three cross-platform formats that threat actors commonly weaponize, which is exactly why WildFire prioritizes them in its baseline coverage. If a format is Windows-native (.exe, .dll) or irrelevant to malware (.fon), it doesn't fit the basic trio.

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