MS Answer Wizard file
application/octet-stream
Magic Bytes
Offset: 0
91 33 48 46
The Microsoft Answer Wizard file is a proprietary database format developed by Microsoft for use within its legacy productivity software suites. This format serves as a structured index containing specific keywords and logic designed to facilitate natural language help queries for older applications like Microsoft Office 95 and 2000. While now considered an obsolete legacy format, these files primarily store static data and pose a negligible security risk to modern computing environments.
Validation Code
How to validate .aw files in Python
Python
def is_aw(file_path: str) -> bool:
"""Check if file is a valid AW by magic bytes."""
signature = bytes([0x91, 0x33, 0x48, 0x46])
with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
return f.read(4) == signatureHow to validate .aw files in Node.js
Node.js
function isAW(buffer: Buffer): boolean {
const signature = Buffer.from([0x91, 0x33, 0x48, 0x46]);
return buffer.subarray(0, 4).equals(signature);
}
Go
func IsAW(data []byte) bool {
signature := []byte{0x91, 0x33, 0x48, 0x46}
if len(data) < 4 {
return false
}
return bytes.Equal(data[:4], signature)
}API Endpoint
GET
/api/v1/aw
curl https://filesignature.org/api/v1/aw