Assume that you have received an email with an attachment from you friend’s email id. You access the email using your work computer and click on the attachment without screening it for malware. What threats might this pose to your work computer?

Assume you work in a financial auditing company. An email arrives in your inbox that appears to be from your chief auditor with the following content:
             “We have identified a few threats which pose potential danger to our information systems. In order to address this, our information security team has decided to ensure proper credentials of all the employees. Please cooperate and complete this process immediately by clicking the given link.”
What kind of an attack this email is attempting? How should you respond to such emails?

Mention and describe viruses based on the targets they try to infect.

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