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by justinclift 2159 days ago
It's a .docx file.

Potential for malicious macros?

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.docx files don't have macros, only .docm files do. Though I still viewed it using Google Drive's preview.
> .docx files don't have macros, only .docm files do.

As if a filename extension means anything at all.

Copy and pasted to a plain text sharing site.

https://rentry.co/7hzab

Yes. Don't open it. (I used a spare computer the moment I saw it was a .docx)

It's real but creates another document automatically saying "Hire me". That's malware.

Should be labelled as such
Can a brave soul upload a .pdf? I’m sure the mods would change the link to that.
I was careless enough to open it, so here you go:

https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCd...

Thanks! I think this link might be a little better (direct to the PDF): https://ipfs.eternum.io/ipfs/Qmd9PTEtuSrKKtJQw36aNzpjJwZAdCd...
If you opened it in LibreOffice still same vulnerability? I usually at least try vm's if dealing with something potentially unsafe ha.
Just upload it to Google docs and read it there if you are concerned.
Yea I really don't suggest opening this file.
I used filebin to create a link - should be fine. Otherwise the doc is behind a paywall.
FileBin. Really?

I have news for you. The file itself is real but it's also acting suspiciously like malware. (Opens a second document showing a "hire me!" message and downloading another file)

I was lucky to spin up a VM, open it and I saw that message.