You can use the spacebar in the finder to get a preview of almost any file, though for most of these docxs you will simply get a message that says you have to turn macros on to read the file (a big hint it's malware). You can also open it in Pages, which has no macro facility and is therefore safe, but most of the time you will find it has no actual contents, just a payload.
> On Aug 7, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote: > > Is there a “safe” way to open a .docx file to see what it is without causing > potential infection of my computer? > > I looked at it in HexFiend and strings, but I couldn’t see anything in it, > other than it seems to be a Word file. > > I do have Word and Pages installed. Do they offer a “safe open” mode? > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
