This statistic shows the most popular malware attachments in spam e-mails in 2018. Overall, .doc and .dot files accounted for 37 percent of blocked malicious file attachments.
Most commonly blocked malicious file attachments in e-mail in 2018
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Symantec. (February 28, 2019). Most commonly blocked malicious file attachments in e-mail in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276641/top-spam-attachment-types-used-for-exploits/
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Symantec. (2019). Most commonly blocked malicious file attachments in e-mail in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276641/top-spam-attachment-types-used-for-exploits/
Symantec. "Most Commonly Blocked Malicious File Attachments in E-mail in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276641/top-spam-attachment-types-used-for-exploits/
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Most commonly blocked malicious file attachments in e-mail in 2018 [Graph], Symantec, February 28, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276641/top-spam-attachment-types-used-for-exploits/