I assure you that a significant amount of people, who work in an office, can't tell the difference between a PDF document and a Word document, so explaining what the risk of each is is not very productive.Īs such, broad statements like " Don't open files from e-mail attachments unless they are from a trusted source" are useful still, even if they are not 100% technically correct. I know entirely too many people, who think computers are basically a box full of plastic and magic.Įxplaining to these people which file extensions are more likely to be dangerous and which ones are less likely to be dangerous will probably lead to a lot of confusion. You may be a security expert, or at least a very knowledgable person when it comes to computers, but the vast majority of people - even those, who work with computers on a daily basis - are not. Simple Instructions Over "Correct" Instructions
doc file on a Mac, but is that not true?Īs a bonus question, if it is still true today that opening a "normal" file might install malware, what is the recommended approach to avoiding this, assuming you want to be able to open these files (and assuming you've checked it's from reputable sources, etc.). I know this used to be the case on old Windows machines in the 90s, but is it still the case on any computer? Obviously if you open a shell file or executable file or app that might be a problem, but at least on Macs, Apple has that warning popup.Īre they basically suggesting that there might be some exploitable holes in the software we use "regularly" (like excel or Apple numbers, or Apple preview for PDFs), and they can exploit those loopholes to install something somehow? The loophole would be unknown to the company providing the software but known to the attacker? That's the only way I can see them getting access to your computer, is there another way? I would assume in today's world, there is 0% chance of getting "infected" by opening a PDF or. Corporate security trainings keeps saying "download a file from the web or email attachment and open it and you might become infected".
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