PHISHING EMAILS IN CIRCULATION: Do not open attached file
Phishing emails are currently in circulation and the sender pretends to be Aarhus University. The email is primarily sent to people outside AU and the purpose is to entice the recipient into opening an attached file that may infect the recipient’s computer with a virus. If you are contacted by partners or others who have received the email, please ask them to delete it.
A phishing email from the sender ’Aarhus Universitet, admin@au.dk’ is in circulation. In the email, the recipient is encouraged to open an attached file called ’Anmodning om tilbud 12-04…’. If you open the file, your computer may be infected with a virus.
The email is primarily sent to people outside AU. If you are contacted by partners or others who have received the email, please ask them to delete it. If you receive this email, please delete it. If you have received the email and if you have already opened the file, please contact your local IT support team as soon as possible. Find IT support contact information.
A phishing email like this one is usually not alone. AU IT therefore encourages you to be extra vigilant about possible phishing emails in the time to come. You can find information about how to spot a phishing email at https://au.dk/en/phishing.
The phishing email looks like this:
