"Scanned Image from MX-2600N" Malicious Email

Virus alert! Online users who have received emails like the one below, which ask them to download a scanned image, are asked not to do so. This is because the link downloads a malicious file that will infect the computer of anyone who attempts to open it. The malicious file is a Microsoft scripting language that will attempt to download a virus, ransomware or other malware from a remote server on the Internet that infects the targeted computer with it.

The "Scanned Image from MX-2600N" Malicious Email

From: "noreply@hotmail.com" <noreply4@scannedimage.com>
Date: December 5, 2017 at 6:04:39 AM EST
Subject: Scanned image from MX-2600N
Device Name: Not Set
Device Model: MX-2600N
Location: Not Set
File Format: Microsoft Office Word
Resolution: 200dpi x 200dpi
Download your scanned image in DOC format.
-->SCAN_0000271946.vbs

Online users who have already downloaded the malicious file, are asked to scan their computers for virus with the antivirus software installed on them.