Ever get an email from someone you know, but are still a little nervous about opening the attachment they sent? There is an easy solution to that. One of the cool things I learned about at Computers in Libraries was www.virustotal.com. This is a website where you can upload a file that you downloaded and it checks it with several different anti-virus and anit-malware products. Once the checks are complete, it shows you a report of any suspicious files found. It's really cool. So... easy steps, when you click on the attachment in question, click "Save" not "Open." Once it's saved, go to VirusTotal and upload the file to their servers and run it. If it finds nothing, it's probably safe. I use this site all the time.
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