A malware campaign is being sent to campus via email. This email asks you to click on a link for a Word Document. Once you open Word, you will see an image like below. DO NOT ENABLE Macros or click on the options to perform the upgrade. This is not how Office upgrades happen. Clicking on the links or enabling the macros could expose you to a virus called Emotet.
Emotet is a known malware that becomes the way in for Ransomware attacks. Most up-to-date antivirus software (i.e. Sophos) should be able to detect this and prevent things from happening. However, there is always a chance that Emotet has modified itself and the antivirus software will be unable to detect it.
Best Practice is to only open Word Documents that you are expecting. Also, do not enable Macros in any Office documents unless you know where they came from. Most Word documents that you work with every day, do not have macros running.
For additional information about Emotet, you can look here: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-280a This is a very technical document but tells you everything you want to know about Emotet.
