A Microsoft Word document with a malicious macro embedded as part of an IRS-themed malware campaign. Image Credits: Microsoft. Microsoft said it is still planning to block Visual Basic Applications ...

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Microsoft confirmed this week that it will soon start blocking Visual Basic Applications (VBA) macros in Office apps by default after quietly rolling back the change earlier this month. In a new ...

Microsoft has announced that it will disable macros in Office files by default to protect users from the various threats that exist on the Internet. Helping users stay safe: Blocking internet macros ...

Q: What are macros in Microsoft Office and what makes them dangerous? A: Macros are one of the oldest and most valuable tools in the computer world, because they allow complicated instructions to be ...

A Macro Virus is a malware that can infect any software written with a macro language notable among which are the Microsoft Office programs like Word and Excel. Macro Virus takes advantage of Macros ...

A script that is executed within a Microsoft Word document that adds some automatic function for the user. Macros can be created with the Word macro recorder, which stores repetitive keystrokes, or a ...

Microsoft announced today that it will make it difficult to enable VBA macros downloaded from the Internet in several Microsoft Office apps starting in early April, effectively killing a popular ...

Tricking someone into enabling macros on a downloaded Microsoft Excel or Word file is an old hacker chestnut. That one click from a target creates a foothold for attackers to take over their devices.

A second example of malware targeting macOS users has surfaced this week, with the discovery of a Word document that attempts to use an automatically-running macro, one that tries to download a ...

Q: Our company uses Word to generate timely web content, which then automatically flows to numerous internet forms for mass distribution. Most of the forms we link to limit the maximum number of ...