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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