7: Microsoft Word and Excel Macro Virus
PROBLEM:
Microsoft Word and Excel can be automated by using macros: recorded instructions that automate keystrokes. A well written macro can be helpful in some business areas, especially if it properly uses embedded Visual Basic code.
However, a macro can also carry and activate a Visual Basic virus!
SOLUTION:
Microsoft Word and Excel can be set up to warn you that you are opening a file with macros. You can then disable macros and continue using the file without macros. Besides, we don't need macros for our B-29 e-mail list. I try to steer clear of them.
Here's how you tell Word or Excel to warn you if there's a macro and to let you disable it (These steps apply to both Word and Excel):
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1) At the menu bar, click "Tools."
2) Click "Options..."
3) Click the "General" tab.
4) Put a check mark next to "Macro Virus Protection."
5) Click "OK" to save the change.
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Here's how it looks:
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