Poor Grammar/Spelling: legitimate emails are carefully proofread before they're sent out if the email has a lot of spelling/grammatical errors it's probably not legitimate.Missing Salutation: most legitimate emails have some kind of a salutation.Vague Subject Line/Body: if the subject line or the body text is vague, then the attachment probably is illegitimate.Strange "To" Field: if the email has a long, alphabetical list of recipients, or if the "To:" field is blank, then the email is probably illegitimate, and the attachment shouldn't be opened.Unsolicited Email/Strange "From" Field: don't open attachments that you're not expecting, or from users who you don't know (be especially cautious of anyone outside of the domain).exe, doesn't mean it's not malicious - there have been instances of macro-viruses that hide themselves inside of Office Documents
Be careful, some attachments might show the icon for a document, powerpoint, etc., but they still have the.zip folders - if you receive an email with a. Google has a filter in place that prevents the sending of.exe file to be shared via email, so if you receive one, you should delete it exe files are not inherently malicious, they can be used to install malware on your computer there's no reason for an. exe Files: .exe files are executable files - meaning that they can run a program while. A good rule of thumb is to only open file attachments if you are expecting them and if they are relevant to the work you are doing. They may execute a disguised program (malware, adware, spyware, virus, etc.) that could damage or steal your data. Unexpected or suspicious email attachments should never be opened.
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