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0 pointspletnes1y ago0 comments

If IT finds an exe file they go bonkers. If they find a PDF, who will even care?

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Depends on how long they've been in IT. A good while back, exploits in adobe reader were so common that pdf files were a common malware vector.

Pray Microsoft Defender will be nice enough to not look at the PDF too closely.

pletnesOP1y ago

It can use the pdf reader in the pdf to look closely if it wants to

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0 pointspletnes1y ago0 comments

If IT finds an exe file they go bonkers. If they find a PDF, who will even care?

Depends on how long they've been in IT. A good while back, exploits in adobe reader were so common that pdf files were a common malware vector.

Pray Microsoft Defender will be nice enough to not look at the PDF too closely.

pletnesOP1y ago

It can use the pdf reader in the pdf to look closely if it wants to

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