Can I prevent emails with zip attachments?

I keep getting junk emails sent to me on a daily basis which contain .docx.zip attachments. I want to somehow exclude them from my inbox and filter them out. Is this possible?

You can't "exclude them from your Inbox" because Thunderbird can only work on what is in the Inbox; so by the time it can do anything, about such messages, it's already too late.
My filter dialogue offers me an option to filter on attachments. It goes away when I restart in Safe Mode but I haven't yet been able work out which extension is doing it. Such a feature might allow you to automatically filter and dispose of such messages.
It will be one of these:
Extensions 
abcTajpu "a b c type-oo", 1.8.3, true, {15a7ef52-8a77-426e-9e17-e21af257d7c8} 
Adblock Plus, 2.5.1, true, {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d} 
Address Close Button, 1.3, true, [email protected] 
Auto Address Cleaner, 1.0.3, true, {b65d0be3-cc20-44e1-bbaa-ea394dbffa34} 
Auto Resize Image, 0.13.1, true, [email protected] 
British English Dictionary, 1.19.1, true, [email protected] 
Clippings, 4.1, true, {91aa5abe-9de4-4347-b7b5-322c38dd9271} 
CompactHeader, 2.0.8, true, {58D4392A-842E-11DE-B51A-C7B855D89593} 
Copy Sent to Current, 1.0.9, true, [email protected] 
EditHtml, 0.2.3.4, true, {4a104f95-6584-4f9d-81cf-8071c43d5510} 
Enigmail, 1.6, true, {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5} 
Expression Search / Google Mail UI, 0.8.7, true, {03EF8A6E-C972-488-92FA-98ABC2C9F8B9} 
Extra Folder Columns, 1.1.5, true, extra-cols@jminta_gmail.com 
Folder Filters Button, 1.3, true, [email protected] 
Folder Pane View Switcher, 1.10, true, [email protected] 
gContactSync, 0.3.6, true, [email protected] 
Get Selected Mails, 0.9.12, true, [email protected] 
HabuL, 1.14.0, true, {41e52bd9-defc-4a0f-a542-cf643a0776d1} 
Ignore Aero (Hooks), 1.0.3.0, true, [email protected] 
JunQuilla, 1.0.3, true, [email protected] 
Lightning, 2.6.4, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} 
LookOut, 1.2.13, true, [email protected] 
Mail Redirect, 0.7.8, true, {CC3C233D-6668-41bc-AAEB-F3A1D1D594F5} 
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook, 0.6.9.1, true, {3e17310d-82e8-4a43-d2f-7c3055bfe589} 
OpenAttachmentByExtension, 0.3.5.1, true, {7fa339e4-02cd-433b-ad71-4db623c6877e} 
PrintingTools, 1.2.3, true, {5e9999c2-ba1d-44b6-bcee-5b30ce37d3b0} 
Quick Folder Move, 0.10, true, [email protected] 
QuickFolders, 3.14.1, true, [email protected] 
StartupMaster, 1.6, true, {506d044e-41fa-4cc8-9dc6-9ff70e96eebf} 
Stationery, 0.8.4, true, {d0e38b3a-0d60-46bf-bf01-83d4ba041015} 
TitleCase For Thunderbird, 2.5, true, [email protected] 
URL Link, 2.04.1, true, {139a120b-c2ea-41d2-bf70-542d9f063dfd} 
Attachment Options, 1.0, false, [email protected] 
Change quote and reply format, 0.8.1.1, false, {f6090211-2004-44d8-9090-e3c2adfd66f} 
Correct Identity, 1.4.1, false, {47ef7cc0-2201-11da-8cd6-0800200c9a66} 
Custom Buttons, 0.0.5.7, false, [email protected] 
DOM Inspector, 2.0.14, false, [email protected] 
Dropbox for Filelink, 1.0.1, false, [email protected] 
Duplicate Contact Manager, 0.9.2, false, {b4447f60-db9c-11da-a94d-0800200c9a66} 
EMail Address Crawler, 5.1.1, false, [email protected] 
FiltaQuilla, 1.2.0, false, [email protected] 
Identity Chooser, 1.8.5, false, [email protected] 
ImportExportTools, 2.8.0.4, false, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3} 
Launchy, 4.4.0, false, [email protected] 
LightningButton, 1.5.3, false, [email protected] 
Mail Merge, 3.7.1, false, [email protected] 
Mail Summaries, 2.1.3, false, [email protected] 
MailHops, 0.8.2, false, [email protected] 
mmsAutoCorrect, 1.0.3, false, [email protected] 
Remove Duplicate Messages, 0.1.13, false, {12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc} 
Remove Duplicate Messages (Alternate), 0.3.9, false, {a300a000-5e21-4ee0-a115-9ec8f4eaa92b} 
Show All Body Parts, 1.2, false, [email protected] 
Show fixed-width temporarily, 0.7, false, {650B62B3-FAEE-48dd-BDBD-FB2A61B74CCD} 
Signature Switch, 1.6.12, false, {2ab1b709-ba03-4361-abf9-c50b964ff75d} 
Theme Font & Size Changer, 7.7, false, {f69e22c7-bc50-414a-9269-0f5c344cd94c} 
ViewSourceWith, 0.9.4.2, false, {eecba28f-b68b-4b3a-b501-6ce12e6b8696} 
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