Application Control

WhatsApp_Web.File.Download

Description

This indicates an attempt to download a file via WhatsApp web client.
WhatsApp web allows users to download images, documents or video in a conversation. It requires the mobile device that is logged in with the user's account to be in the same network for WhatsApp Web to work.

Affected Products

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption

Technology

Browser-Based

Behavior

Reasonable

Application Dependencies

WhatsApp_Web

Default Ports

TCP/80
TCP/443
UDP/443

Version Updates

Date	Version	Status	Detail
2025-10-30	34.110	Modified	Sig Added
2024-05-30	28.796	Modified	Name:WhatsApp_Web_File. Download:WhatsApp_Web. File. Download
2022-06-06	21.333	Modified	Sig Added
2022-03-29	20.284	Modified	Sig Added
2021-06-15	18.098	Modified	Sig Added
2021-03-15	18.035	New