{"id":472635,"date":"2022-07-10T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-office-rolls-back-a-major-security-feature-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-07-10T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T19:00:36","slug":"microsoft-office-rolls-back-a-major-security-feature-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-office-rolls-back-a-major-security-feature-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft Office Rolls Back a Major Security Feature \u2013 Review Geek"},"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-6a2cbbb8a1186\" 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-6a2cbbb8a1186\" 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-rolls-back-a-major-security-feature-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Office_Rolls_Back_a_Major_Security_Feature_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Microsoft Office Rolls Back a Major Security Feature \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Office_Rolls_Back_a_Major_Security_Feature_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Microsoft Office Rolls Back a Major Security Feature \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-122665\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/07\/079f4fb5.png?width=1200\" alt=\"A magnifying glass over Microsoft Office apps.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/montreal-canada-february-2016-microsoft-office-378801814\">dennizn\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Security advocates got a major win in February, when Microsoft announced that Office <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\">app<\/a>lications would finally block VBA macros by default. But Microsoft is backtracking. The VBA macros block, which was initially slated for June of 2022, no longer has a release date.<\/p>\n<p>Macros allow you to automate tasks within Office applications. You can use them to automatically fill out Excel spreadsheets using datasets, for example. But VBA macros are also a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/171993\/macros-explained-why-microsoft-office-files-can-be-dangerous\/\">major vehicle for malware and phishing<\/a>\u2014they\u2019re just hunks of code, and they\u2019re often shared by strangers on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0began testing a VBA block in its \u201cCurrents Channel\u201d last April. This block prevents macros from running until they\u2019re saved to a \u201ctrusted location\u201d and manually signed by a user. But Microsoft suddenly rolled back this block, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/microsoft-365-blog\/helping-users-stay-safe-blocking-internet-macros-by-default-in\/ba-p\/3071805\/page\/2#comments:~:text=Your%20standard%20SMB%20and%20even%20mid-sized%20businesses\">citing user feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comments on Microsoft\u2019s Tech Community forum indicate that the VBA macros block wasn\u2019t effective. Some macros managed to work directly from email and web attachments, which defeats the whole purpose of this block. (Unfortunately, we can\u2019t verify if this is true or not.)<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Wenjun Gong, a Program Manager at Microsoft, the company will \u201cprovide another update when we\u2019re ready to release again.\u201d There\u2019s a decent chance that the VBA macros block will return to the Office \u201cCurrents Channel\u201d and eventually roll out to average users.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(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', '1137093656460433');\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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