Microsoft has officially announced that it will block macros in Microsoft Office. What are macros and how have they been used to expose users to data loss?


Macros are "mini-programs" which allow you to automate monotonic tasks in programs from the Microsoft Office suite. The problem with them was that if we downloaded a file from the Internet (an unknown source), it could use macros to take control of the victim's computer or steal data. Microsoft has opposed this type of procedure and decided to block macros for files from the Internet by default.

Recall that some of the first macro gaps were exploited as early as in 1997. Are you happy about this update?

Source: Kaspersky , CentrumXP