diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
index 913a8e2bc..8c8ae9813 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -18,11 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils;
 
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.AnalysisException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.ArchiveAnalyzer;
 
 /**
  * A collection of utilities for processing information about files.
@@ -31,6 +42,11 @@ import java.net.URLDecoder;
  */
 public final class FileUtils {
 
+    /**
+     * The buffer size to use when extracting files from the archive.
+     */
+    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
+
     /**
      * Private constructor for a utility class.
      */
@@ -70,6 +86,31 @@ public final class FileUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes a file. If the File is a directory it will recursively delete the
+     * contents.
+     *
+     * @param file the File to delete
+     * @param deleteOnExit setting this to true will cause errors to be ignored
+     * and if there is an error deleting the file it will be setup to be deleted
+     * when the JVM exits.
+     * @throws IOException is thrown if the file could not be deleted
+     */
+    public static void delete(File file, boolean deleteOnExit) throws IOException {
+        if (file.isDirectory()) {
+            for (File c : file.listFiles()) {
+                delete(c);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!file.delete()) {
+            if (deleteOnExit) {
+                file.deleteOnExit();
+            } else {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete file: " + file);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the data directory. If a path was specified in
      * dependencycheck.properties or was specified using the Settings object,
@@ -114,4 +155,100 @@ public final class FileUtils {
         final File jarPath = new File(decodedPath);
         return jarPath.getParentFile();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the contents of an archive into the specified directory.
+     *
+     * @param archive an archive file such as a WAR or EAR
+     * @param extractTo a directory to extract the contents to
+     * @throws ExtractionException thrown if an exception occurs while
+     * extracting the files
+     */
+    public static void extractFiles(File archive, File extractTo) throws ExtractionException {
+        extractFiles(archive, extractTo, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the contents of an archive into the specified directory. The
+     * files are only extracted if they are supported by the analyzers loaded
+     * into the specified engine. If the engine is specified as null then all
+     * files are extracted.
+     *
+     * @param archive an archive file such as a WAR or EAR
+     * @param extractTo a directory to extract the contents to
+     * @param engine the scanning engine
+     * @throws ExtractionException thrown if there is an error extracting the
+     * files
+     */
+    public static void extractFiles(File archive, File extractTo, Engine engine) throws ExtractionException {
+        if (archive == null || extractTo == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        FileInputStream fis = null;
+        ZipInputStream zis = null;
+
+        try {
+            fis = new FileInputStream(archive);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
+            Logger.getLogger(ArchiveAnalyzer.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, null, ex);
+            throw new ExtractionException("Archive file was not found.", ex);
+        }
+        zis = new ZipInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(fis));
+        ZipEntry entry;
+        try {
+            while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+                    final File d = new File(extractTo, entry.getName());
+                    if (!d.mkdirs()) {
+                        final String msg = String.format("Unable to create '%s'.", d.getAbsolutePath());
+                        throw new ExtractionException(msg);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    final File file = new File(extractTo, entry.getName());
+                    final String ext = getFileExtension(file.getName());
+                    if (engine == null || engine.supportsExtension(ext)) {
+                        BufferedOutputStream bos = null;
+                        FileOutputStream fos;
+                        try {
+                            fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
+                            bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fos, BUFFER_SIZE);
+                            int count;
+                            final byte data[] = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
+                            while ((count = zis.read(data, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) != -1) {
+                                bos.write(data, 0, count);
+                            }
+                            bos.flush();
+                        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
+                            Logger.getLogger(FileUtils.class.getName()).log(Level.FINE, null, ex);
+                            final String msg = String.format("Unable to find file '%s'.", file.getName());
+                            throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
+                        } catch (IOException ex) {
+                            Logger.getLogger(FileUtils.class.getName()).log(Level.FINE, null, ex);
+                            final String msg = String.format("IO Exception while parsing file '%s'.", file.getName());
+                            throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
+                        } finally {
+                            if (bos != null) {
+                                try {
+                                    bos.close();
+                                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                                    Logger.getLogger(ArchiveAnalyzer.class.getName()).log(Level.FINEST, null, ex);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            final String msg = String.format("Exception reading archive '%s'.", archive.getName());
+            Logger.getLogger(FileUtils.class.getName()).log(Level.FINE, msg, ex);
+            throw new ExtractionException(msg, ex);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                zis.close();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                Logger.getLogger(FileUtils.class.getName()).log(Level.FINEST, null, ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }