I don't think there's an easy solution for that one. We are covered for the subsequent users since we can go under the "Attachments and Notes" but for the initial there's no such thing.
I think you're only solution right now is to use the API with the Script operation or build a custom components.
I have a component which can extract attachments from a task,. You pass the taskID and the component will return you the number of attachments the task has. If you need this component email me
