Bleeping Computer

Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default to protect users

Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents. Excel 4.0 macros, or XLM macros, were first added to Excel ...
Windows Central

Microsoft follows through on promise, disabling Excel 4.0 macros

Microsoft said this was coming, and now it has. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In 2021, Microsoft confirmed it would disable ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macros by default to block malware

Microsoft has announced that Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros will now be disabled by default to protect customers from malicious documents. In October, the company first revealed in a Microsoft 365 message ...
Graham Cluley

How to disable macros in Microsoft Office

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 ...
Windows Central

Microsoft Office won't disable VBA macros by default after all

Microsoft will not block VBA macros by default in downloaded Office documents. The company has tested a default block for VBA macros since April 2022, but decided against rolling it out to general ...
Threat Post

Microsoft Office Users Warned on New Malware-Protection Bypass

Word and Excel documents are enlisted to disable Office macro warnings, so the Zloader banking malware can be downloaded onto systems without security tools flagging it. Legacy users of Microsoft ...
Computerworld

Now’s the time to prep for Microsoft’s Excel macro crackdown

Though Microsoft has backed off earlier plans to block unsafe macros in Excel documents, that change is still coming. Here's what to do now to stay secure. On July 8, Microsoft pulled back from its ...