Ronald Albaitis tried opening a file and got a warning that it contained “macros.” He asked me what they are and whether he should be concerned. A macro is a small, usually user-created piece ...

When you open macro-enabled workbooks, which are Excel files with an XLSM extension, Microsoft Office alerts you with a security warning.

Barriers that Microsoft has placed to prevent malicious macros has forced some cybercriminals to use LNK files for malware delivery, but at the cost of easier detection.

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 ...

The ADXFF file contains five macros and the ADXFFD SAS data set. These macros are used to construct and manipulate orthogonal fractional factorial designs for two-level factors. Two kinds of ...

Alongside ransomware, macro-based attacks have flourished over the past year. The volume of macro threats rose from fewer than 10,000 new attacks in Q3 2014 to almost 45,000 a year later, according to ...

I have some Lotus 123 spreadsheets (*.WK1) with some pretty in depth macros that I need to somehow convert to Excel 2000 format and still work. I have been looking for a tool to do this or at ...

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“As macros downloaded from the web become blocked by default in Office, we’re keeping a close eye on alternative execution methods being tested out by cybercriminals.