How do I know if my attachment is malicious?
There is no surefire way to know if a file will be malicious. The most reliable way to make sure you are safe is to have a leading email attachment scanner with anti-malware and virus protection to ensure that the malicious emails don’t even get through to your inbox.
Are email attachments always safe to open?
Email attachments that contain images, videos, and audio files are generally considered to be the safest to open. These include files with common extensions such as JPG, PNG, GIF, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MP3, and WAV.
What email attachments are dangerous?
Five dangerous types of email attachment
- ISO files. ISO files are generally used to create a copy of everything on a physical disc. …
- EXE files. Executables – or .exe. …
- Compressed files. …
- Installers. …
- Office documents.