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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...