For years the entire IT community has been saying that the problem is that users don't know any better. "Those damn users keep on opening up their Outlook attachments." This is simply not true.
The problem is Admins who don't block.exe,.com,.bat, etc. AT THE EXCHANGE LEVEL.
There is absolutely no reason any user needs to receive these types of files. Anyone who would be dealing with these types of files would have the foresight to tell the sender to clip the extension and simply add it back later.
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For years the entire IT community has been saying that the problem is that users don't know any better. "Those damn users keep on opening up their Outlook attachments." This is simply not true.
.exe, .com, .bat, etc. AT THE EXCHANGE LEVEL.
The problem is Admins who don't block
There is absolutely no reason any user needs to receive these types of files. Anyone who would be dealing with these types of files would have the foresight to tell the sender to clip the extension and simply add it back later.