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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by chelmzy on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:01PM (#21993259)
Its common to use Word macros to install malware.
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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by Shendare on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:31PM (#21993654)
Though in this case mitigated by the split between .docx (macro-less) documents and .docm (macro-enabled).

Either file type can also be unzipped and have their contents inspected for anything suspicious.

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