By the time Mark realized his bank account was compromised, it was too late. To avoid his fate, follow these rules:

: Real file shares usually come with context or a personal note.

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Mark sat in his dimly lit apartment, eyes fixed on an email with the subject line It looked like the game he had been searching for, sent from a generic address he didn't quite recognize.

: Inside the zip was a malicious script that bypassed his basic antivirus.

Mark's mistake wasn't just clicking; it was missing the classic signs of a phishing attempt:

Unbeknownst to Mark, that .zip file wasn't a game. It was a Trojan horse designed to exploit his system's curiosity.