Subj : trojan inside xls file
To : mark lewis
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Mar 10 2020 07:14 pm
On 10/03/2020 12:14 p.m., mark lewis : August Abolins wrote:
AA>>Results at VirusTotal:
AA>>6 engines detected this file
AA>>invoice_507574.xls 64.00 KB
ML>this is common... file names don't mean shit... it is the
ML>contents that matter...
Hi Mark,
Of course *I* know that. And I hope lurkers of this echo know that.
And..
ML>not to mention that no one should be opening anything from
ML>unknown senders... especially files that purport to be invoices,
ML>shipping notices, or similar...
...that too.
Some look very similar to the real thing such as a message from Paypal, eBay,
Interac, etc.
I just get pissed off that I have to "deal" with them and get rid of them.
Sometimes Outlook (my MS Office installation) does a pretty good job putting
them in the Junk folder.
I just can't believe that this method still remains the most effective way to
drop a maleware/ransomware payload. And there are people who actually fall for
it!
I rarely even answer my own phone (land-line) anymore since most of the calls
were stupid "This is your captain speaking.." or "This is your Microsoft
specialist..your computer is running slow." I remember getting those way back
in the early 2000's when internet momentum was building for dialup users, and
the same messages are being used today. I don't bother with phone surveys
either.
But I digress..
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