‘BP Fuel Card e-Bill’ Excel Macro Malware Email

This email purports to be from a fuel card provider  and claims to contain an e-bill for a BP fuel card in an attached Microsoft Excel file.

However, the email is certainly not from any legitimate fuel  card services company and the attachment does not contain a fuel bill.  If you do open the attachment, you will be prompted to enable macros, ostensibly so that the ‘bill’ can be correctly displayed.

But, alas, once  macros are enabled, a malicious macro can run.  The macro can download and install various other kinds  of malware. Once installed, this malware can steal sensitive information such as passwords and allow criminals to access and control the infected computer.

If you receive one of these emails, do not open any attachments or click any links that it contains. And, unless you have a specific reason for using macros, it is best to leave them disabled in Microsoft Office.

If you are unfamiliar  with macros and their potential dangers,    please refer to this other Hoax-Slayer article, which provides more  information  about  the topic.

Last Updated: February 5, 2016
First published: February 5, 2016
By Brett M. Christensen
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References
Macro Virus Threat Returns – Beware Emails With Malicious Word Attachments

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