show known file extensions enabled<\/a>\u201c, will look like a proper PDF file instead of the .exe file it really is, so making it much more likely for you to accidentally open it and be infected.<\/p>\nAll of these emails use Social engineering tricks to persuade you to open the attachments that come with the email. Whether it is a message saying \u201clook at this picture of me I took last night\u201d and it appears to come from a friend or is more targeted at somebody who regularly is likely to receive PDF attachments or Word .doc attachments or any other common file that you use every day.<\/p>\n
Be very careful when unzipping them and make sure you have \u201cshow known file extensions enabled\u201c, And then look carefully at the unzipped file. If it says .EXE then it is a problem and should not be run or opened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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