NordVPN’s Threat Protection Pro
has a bunch of handy features to keep your online browsing safe. The double extension feature is one of them. It scans your downloads and notifies you about double file extensions that hackers use to trick you into downloading malware. feature designed to enhance malware protection on Windows devices. It spots phishing tricks where hackers hide malicious files behind double file extensions (like “photo.jpg.exe”). In short, the double extension detection feature scans your downloads and makes sure you don’t accidentally open the door to a harmful file through your browser. tool, so if you enable the latter, file protection will activate automatically. You don’t have to do anything. on your Windows device, follow the steps below:{SHORTCODES.blogRelatedArticles}
Double extension detection only works on Windows devices.
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question: ‘Can files have two extensions?’,
answer: (
Yes, some files can have two real extensions, not just text written into the filename. For example, files sometimes have dual extensions like “file.txt.bak” with the second extension indicating a backup of a “.txt” file.
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},
{
question: ‘How do I delete a double extension?’,
answer: (
If you notice that you’ve downloaded a file with a double extension, you can delete it like any regular file. However, with NordVPN’s Threat Protection Pro, you won’t even have to think about it — if it detects you’ve downloaded a malicious file with a fake double extension, it will delete it immediately and notify you about it.
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