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What is an EFW file? Compressed .ZIP or executable .EXE file renamed by CA Security Centre to have a ".efw" extension; typically applies to e-mail attachments scanned by Computer Associates (CA) antivirus software.

More Information EFW zipped files may be opened by changing the file extension to ".zip" and opening the file with a decompression utility, such as WinZip or Stuffit Expander. Executable files may be run directly by changing the file extension to ".exe" and opening the file. NOTE: Do not open unknown e-mail attachments from non-trusted sources, as they may contain viruses or other malicious programs. You can prevent EFW files from being created by temporarily disabling your antivirus software when downloading legitimate zipped or executable files.

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What is an EFW file?

Compressed .ZIP or executable .EXE file renamed by CA Security Centre to have a ".efw" extension; typically applies to e-mail attachments scanned by Computer Associates (CA) antivirus software.

More Information

EFW zipped files may be opened by changing the file extension to ".zip" and opening the file with a decompression utility, such as WinZip or Stuffit Expander. Executable files may be run directly by changing the file extension to ".exe" and opening the file.

NOTE: Do not open unknown e-mail attachments from non-trusted sources, as they may contain viruses or other malicious programs.

You can prevent EFW files from being created by temporarily disabling your antivirus software when downloading legitimate zipped or executable files.

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Programs that open EFW files

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Windows

Corel WinZip

Free Trial

PKZip

Free Trial

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe

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Discontinued

Paid

Mac

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16

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Discontinued

Paid

Linux

unzip

funzip

Free

p7zip

Free

Category: Compressed Files

Updated: August 10, 2014

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What is an EFW file?↓
Compressed .ZIP or executable .EXE file renamed by CA Security Centre to have a ".efw" extension; typically applies to e-mail attachments scanned by Computer Associates (CA) antivirus software.

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