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A Microsoft announcement that the company would be disabling macros as a default feature in Excel 4.0 has been greeted as a step that "would really help defenders". British security expert Kevin ...

There are two fundamental truths that define our information society. First, computers can do some amazing things. And second, users don’t share a common level of expertise when it comes to personal ...

As far as Microsoft Excel is concerned, a macro is simply a piece of code. This code will be loaded every time you launch the Microsoft Excel software. Macros are pretty useful. They can help you ...

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.

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) by default when Microsoft Office files for business software are downloaded from the Internet. This decision was made to protect the security of the user, but after ...

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 ...