DVSA Malware Warning

[Queens_king]

Hi,

 

Not too sure where to put this or if anyone has already reported it.

 

This email, which purports to be from the Fixed Penalty Office at the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), claims that your DVSA receipt is included in an attached Microsoft Word document. The email implies that you previously requested that the DVSA send you this receipt.

 

The email includes an address, phone number, and website link for the DVSA and tacks on the type of legal and security statement that you might expect to see on a legitimate government message.

 

However, the email is not from the DVSA and the attached Word document does not contain a penalty receipt. If you attempt to open the Word document, you will be prompted to enable macros, supposedly so that the ‘receipt’ can be securely displayed. However, if you do enable macros as requested, the malicious macro that subsequently runs will download and install further malware components.

 

 

 

http://www.hoax-slayer.net/dvsa-receipt-malware-email/

 

If this is in the wrong places please place in the correct forum(s)

Edited March 7, 2016 by citizenB
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[Mr.P]

If this is in the wrong places please place in the correct forum(s)

 

Most of these warnings would appear in this thread: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?425813-Bugs-Viruses-Malware-etc

 

But not everyone reads the Technical/IT section, and as the warning is relevant to DVLA, I think it best left here.

[citizenB]

I have added some content from the article to your post QK.

[Queens_king]

Many thanks Citizenb, never thought about that. Will add in any future warnings.