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Microsoft Advises Renaming .exe to .docx in Outlook

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Microsoft Advises Renaming .exe to .docx in Outlook

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Post by gabia » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC

Microsoft Advises Renaming .exe to .docx in Outlook
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Post by gabia » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC

I'm not a security researcher, but this seems like strange advice?!

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Post by tingling168 » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC

It almost seems like something an LLM would suggest

Re: Microsoft Advises Renaming .exe to .docx in Outlook

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Post by abstractspoon » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC

I've been using .txt for years

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