A new Sophos report on vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office reveals some of the underlying business behind trying to infect computers. We often talk about hackers making special documents or files then trying to trick you into opening those files and infecting your computer. The term ‘hackers’ is misleading because it makes it seem like there’s […]
A clever Belgian guy has figured out a way to make a lot of money out of Microsoft Office. Sadly, it’s probably illegal, definitely improper and Microsoft has stopped it. We’ve talked about two-factor authentication and recommended it for anyone with a Microsoft Account, especially with Office 365. ‘2Fac’ makes it a lot harder for […]
” I get emails with smime.p7s attachments. What are they? How do I open one? Should I be worried? “ Firstly, don’t worry if you see a smime.p7s email attachment. It’s nothing to worry about and it’s not something you can open. Smime.p7s is a digital signature which can be sent with an email to […]
A few readers have noticed our articles about Outlook attachment blocks with mentions of ‘Level 1’ settings to both add and remove file extensions. Outlook has a second level of attachment protection called, amazingly, Level 2. There are no file extensions setup by default so most people don’t notice Level 2. Level 2 attachments (if […]
As well as removing file types from Outlook’s extreme protection, you can also add ‘banned’ file types. It’s done in a very similar way to unblocking ‘Level 1’ attachments. The Outlook attachment blocks can be added in the Registry at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<version>\Outlook\Security The <version> of Outlook is Outlook 2016 16.0 Outlook 2013 15.0 Outlook 2010 14.0 Outlook 2007 12.0 Outlook […]
