On 08/03/18 12:10, Huge wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
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Tim+ wrote:
I think it's some stuff I ordered from Ebay which said UK based but is
actually coming from China. Given it was ordered up before Xmas. So all
they likely have is my email address.

You still seem to think its genuine. Sending out links to office
documents is NOT DPDs method of operation.

I know different now. ;-)

I'm quite used to various phishing attempts but can't really see the point
of this one - unlike those who try and get access to your bank details,
etc. How did 'they' expect to profit by it?

Microsoft products have a built-in programming language (VB for Applications,
I believe) where an apparently innocuous Office document can have a program
embedded in it. Opening the document runs the program.

Yet another ****ing Stupid Idea from SmallNFloppy.

Had one at work recently that got past our (fairly substantial)
anti-spam and anti-malware defences, with a word document you had to
download from one of those file-sharing sites (yousendit, or something
****ty like that). Was fully expecting the macro-infested word doc, so I
found an old PC in the disposal pile, left it not networked, turned off
the AV, and opened the attachment, with macro execution allowed.

Result? Nothing. In the end, it was just a picture in a word doc, with
some advertising. I was quite disappointed. The last one I had had one
of those file-encryption things in it, which was quite fun.