Can a pdf be a virus?

Can a pdf be a virus?

Can a pdf be a virus?

Yes, they can. Because PDFs are one of the most universally used file types, hackers and bad actors can find ways to use these normally harmless files — just like dot-com files, JPGs, Gmail, and Bitcoin — to create security threats via malicious code.

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