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thanks for the info. I will re assure him.
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thanks for the info. I will re assure him.

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You are very welcome and I was happy to help.
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You are very welcome and I was happy to help.

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Hi my coworker got sent an email and it instructed him to go to investmentgdocs.site44 .com and download a file. he clicked the site and got an error but now all of his contacts got a copy of the email as well. I told him it most likely is a virus.<br />
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I googled investmentgdocs.site44 + &quot;virus&quot; and cant seem to find much. <br />
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I found a link that did a scan and it says the site has malicious content, but it doesn't say what the name of the virus is or if any damage is done if someone clicks it, or if it is more of a spam bot. <br />
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Any info is appreciated on what should be done next to prevent the infection form doing any harm
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Hi my coworker got sent an email and it instructed him to go to investmentgdocs.site44 .com and download a file. he clicked the site and got an error but now all of his contacts got a copy of the email as well. I told him it most likely is a virus.

I googled investmentgdocs.site44 + "virus" and cant seem to find much. 

I found a link that did a scan and it says the site has malicious content, but it doesn't say what the name of the virus is or if any damage is done if someone clicks it, or if it is more of a spam bot. 

Any info is appreciated on what should be done next to prevent the infection form doing any harm

co worker downloaded a virus- file got sent to all his contacts, is the attack over?

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