An employee is suspected of selling company animations. During an investigation of the employee's drive, files with an unfamiliar .xde extension were found. A search revealed that .xde files had been sent to another site via an FTP server, and an internet search showed that .xde files are a type of compressed archive file that can be used to distribute multiple files together.

1. You work for a mid-size corporation known for its inventions
that does a lot of copyright and patent work. You’re
investigating an employee suspected of selling and distributing
animations created for your corporation. During your
investigation of the suspect’s drive, you find some fileswith the
unfamiliarextension .xde. The network administrator mentions
that other xde files have been sent through an FTP server to
another site. Describe your findings after conducting an Internet
search for this file extension.