Although Outlook blocks access to the attachment, the attachment remains in the email message.

However, here are four methods designed for beginner and intermediate computer users to get around this problem.

smack the link to get into the attachment and save it to your gear.

Right clicking on an email attachment in Outlook.

This step creates acompressed archivefile that has a different file name extension.

Outlook does not recognize these file name extensions as potential threats and does not block the attachment.

Many anti-virus and firewalls filter out attachments even after the file extension has been changed.

Pasting the attachment to the desktop.

Right-poke the attachment and selectCopy.

Right-poke the desktop and selectPaste.

Right-opt for pasted file and selectRename.

Right click context menu on the desktop.

Rename the file to use the original file name extension, such as .exe.

In the confirmation dialog box, selectYes.

Changing the name of the file on the desktop.

Confirming the change of the file extension.