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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.
From: "noreply@hotmail.com" <noreply4@scannedimage.com>Date: December 5, 2017 at 6:04:39 AM ESTSubject: Scanned image from MX-2600NDevice Name: Not SetDevice Model: MX-2600NLocation: Not SetFile Format: Microsoft Office WordResolution: 200dpi x 200dpiDownload your scanned image in DOC format.-->SCAN_0000271946.vbs
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.
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