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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Microsoft temporarily rolling back a feature that automatically blocks macros in Microsoft Office files downloaded from the Internet, it is essential to learn how to configure this security ...

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 ...