But macro viruses can infect any Office installation, copying themselves into new documents. While Office allows you to be warned when a document contains macros, this is of limited use, since you may expect documents to contain macros.
While Mac users who stay up-to-date with Office haven’t had to worry about these for the past few years (Office 2008 removed VBA), the re-addition of this feature means that opening Office documents may have risks. Office macro viruses are a very common type of malware. VBA is a powerful tool, allowing users to use a library of commands to create their own actions, and allowing them to embed these macros in files.Īnd hence the problem. Macros are routines that use Microsoft’s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to perform repetitive actions, streamline the way you use the programs, or add features. Microsoft Office 2011 is due out in about ten days, and one major feature added (well, actually returned) to the suite is the ability to write macros in Word and Excel. Security & Privacy + Software & Apps Microsoft Office 2011 and Macros
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