Reply to post: Re: Do we need attachments?

74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+

a_yank_lurker

Re: Do we need attachments?

Unfortunately yes! It is a very efficient way to send documents to people who need to have them. Attachments are not the evil but certain OS defaults (not showing file extensions), allowing embedded executable code (macros) are the true evils.

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