Don't plagiarize, internet knows all..

Most recent 10 backups on a server

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We have it installed and set to bypass the usual extensions and haven't had any issues. Hopefully there won't be an exploit that use .MDF extensions to sneak by AV,...

I agree with avoiding them by proper design, with one exception: generating audit files; I don't want to trust the application layer to do that.

The other time I've found them...

Absolutely always always always start ad hoc table updates with BEGIN TRAN