Found a Suspicious File? Test It In A Virtual Machine!

It’s a dilemma we’ve all faced at some point. Your boss has emailed you a file. On one hand, you know you have to look at it. But on the other hand, you know what your boss is like. Their browser is covered by 25 different toolbars, and your boss has no idea how they got there. On a near-weekly basis, their computer has to be quarantined, disinfected and hosed down by the IT department. Can you really trust that file? Probably not. You could open it on your computer, and risk getting a nasty infection. Or, you could just...

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Found a Suspicious File? Test It In A Virtual Machine!