Received email from unknown party with .doc attachment (“...here’s the resume you requested....blah blah”). Of course I assume a macro virus or the like, so, for giggles, I scan with Nod32 AV. Nothing detected. Upload to Virus Total, and Nod32 (and a couple others) identified it as a virus? (Same virus sig database as on my desktop)?
It was off (by default). Does it need to be on? i.e: Would not a manual scan of the file detect malware?
Document protection has no effect on detection. It's better to keep it disabled to prevent a bug in MS Office from manifesting (performance issues that occur even with an empty plug-in registered in the system). Send the file to samples[at]eset.com with a description of the issue.
Please submit the file to ESET as instructed in my previous message. A trial version of ESET is exactly same as the full version in terms of detection and protection.
File sent. Local is not trial. (ESET on my boxes for years.) Note ~48 hrs later it is now flagged by Nod32 local as well as many more vendors on VirusTotal.