Gmail will soon block JavaScript file attachments to reduce cyber attacks

Beginning February 13th, you'll never be able to attach .js files to your Gmail


Gmail will soon block JavaScript files from being transferred and sent over email. Beginning February 13th, you'll never again have the capacity to attach .js documents as they are progressively being utilized as a type of malware. On the off chance that a client downloads a vindictive JavaScript record, programmers can utilize it to access their PC to take information or perform other harming capacities. 



As detailed by Android Police, JavaScript joins .exe, .bat, and .msc as record sorts that are limited from being shared as an immediate connection on Gmail. You won't have the capacity to get around concealing them in compacted structures, for example, .zip, either. On the off chance that you should send a JavaScript record, you can utilize Google Drive or Google Cloud Storage.


Clients will get a notice when they endeavor to transfer a restricted record type, however it is unclear whether they’ll get an alert as well if they’re on the receiving end of said file.
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