{"id":471959,"date":"2022-07-08T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-office-delays-blocking-dangerous-downloaded-macros\/"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:44:51","slug":"microsoft-office-delays-blocking-dangerous-downloaded-macros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-office-delays-blocking-dangerous-downloaded-macros\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft Office Delays Blocking Dangerous Downloaded Macros"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25723ba779e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25723ba779e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-office-delays-blocking-dangerous-downloaded-macros\/#%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Office_Delays_Blocking_Dangerous_Downloaded_Macros%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Microsoft Office Delays Blocking Dangerous Downloaded Macros&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Office_Delays_Blocking_Dangerous_Downloaded_Macros%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Microsoft Office Delays Blocking Dangerous Downloaded Macros&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-744183\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/microsoft-word-logo-on-a-blue-background.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Microsoft Word logo on a blue background\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/109282\/microsoft-office-to-finally-disable-its-big-ransomware-vulnerability\/\">block VBA macros in downloaded Office documents<\/a>, due to how popular they are for distributing malware. However, those plans are now on hold.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bleeping Computer<\/em> reports that Microsoft is rolling back the change that blocked macros in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>ed from the web. The company said in the Microsoft 365 message center, \u201cbased on feedback, we\u2019re rolling back this change from Current Channel.\u00a0We appreciate the feedback we\u2019ve received so far, and we\u2019re working to make improvements in this experience. We\u2019ll provide another update when we\u2019re ready to release again to Current Channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros were first introduced in Office 97, and are currently available on Windows and Mac. They can be used to automate document editing and interface with the underlying operating system, and to send data between Office applications. The unrestricted nature of macros (and popularity of Office apps) has made them a popular choice for malware distribution. A computer can be compromised if someone downloads a Word document, and then allows the macro to run when prompted.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft previously planned to block macros from running across\u00a0Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word. The update wasn\u2019t limited to the latest versions of Microsoft Office, either \u2014 Microsoft said in February that macros in downloaded files would be blocked in\u00a0Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013. Microsoft had already rolled out the change in some preview channels.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not a full explanation yet for why Microsoft is reversing the decision just before it was scheduled to roll out to everyone. The company told <em>Bleeping Computer<\/em> that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t have anything more to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/microsoft\/microsoft-rolls-back-decision-to-block-office-macros-by-default\/\">Bleeping Computer<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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