Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don’t Want You to Know
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daily use, depending on your needs, but even so you should consider using them to open dubious documents in.
Use a Service Like Gmail or VirusTotal to Check Documents That You Do Open
Why do security experts use alternative PDF and .doc readers?
They’ve warned us for years not to open attachments that come from untrusted sources. Strange .exe files are a sure sign of trouble, but hackers have also found ways to break into computers by tricking users into opening maliciously encoded documents. The vast majority of these attacks take advantage of known flaws in older programs; but in addition, new attacks–called zero-day attacks–periodically pop up, exploiting flaws that software makers haven’t yet patched.
By now you know to find an alternative document reader, but if that doesn’t work for you, consider adopting other methods to double-check
