Thanks for the warning. I did a once over with my virus scanners, but we've seen that some of them are compromised. So, a bit of caution is well intended. Just in case I saved them to an offline folder, and I expect someone will figure out and let us know if it is some kind of malware or not by the time I'm done browsing more topics. I welcome the research shared, as well as the warning to be careful when digging into these gifts.
Still many thanks to the OP, this appears to be a great deal of research, and some helpful search terms to comb through (those are safe I guess if you trust the .gov pages anyhow)
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mysecretidentity ago
Always be careful when opening documents as they are a viable attack vector for malware. Open in sand box or in the cloud
alliecapone ago
Thanks for the warning. I did a once over with my virus scanners, but we've seen that some of them are compromised. So, a bit of caution is well intended. Just in case I saved them to an offline folder, and I expect someone will figure out and let us know if it is some kind of malware or not by the time I'm done browsing more topics. I welcome the research shared, as well as the warning to be careful when digging into these gifts.
Still many thanks to the OP, this appears to be a great deal of research, and some helpful search terms to comb through (those are safe I guess if you trust the .gov pages anyhow)