A reader who wishes to remain anonymous has acquired a Word cootie and is at a loss as how to deal with it. Anonymous Person writes: My copy of Microsoft Office 2004 seems to have picked up a virus, ...

How to automatically execute a Word macro when you create, open, or close a document Your email has been sent By adding a macro to a template's New, Open, and Close event procedures, you can automate ...

Microsoft will finally better respect IT pro decisions about macros, ActiveX content and Office add-ins in e-mailed Office documents, according to a new security policy that'll be arriving in "early ...

QUESTION: What are macros in Microsoft Office and what makes them dangerous? ANSWER: Macros are one of the oldest and most valuable tools in the computer world because they allow complicated ...

After last month security researchers discovered the first-ever Word document spreading macro malware on macOS, last week, researchers from Fortinet spotted a Word document that contained macro ...

While the fourth quarter of 2019 saw a decrease in total malware volume, a key global trend also unfolding within the period was the use of macro-enabled documents for malware delivery. This is ...

Remove field codes from Word documents with this handy macro Your email has been sent This article is also available as a PDF download. By Susan Sales Harkins and ...

Several security researchers have discovered a new type of malware that jumps onto the ransomware bandwagon, encrypting victims' files and then demanding a payment of half a bitcoin for the key. Named ...