Excel VB macro safety?
Excel VB macro safety?
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Is there a program that will scan an Excel file for malicious Visual Basic macros BEFORE you open it?
LonnieP
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RE: Excel VB macro safety?
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RE: Excel VB macro safety?
RE: Excel VB macro safety?
LonnieP
RE: Excel VB macro safety?
A venerable (??) virus is Melissa: http://www.rbs2.com/cvirus.htm#anchor222250
However, as shown here, Melissa, and many of its ilk are known to the major AV programs: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup....
So, good security is not dependent on any SINGLE thing
> Level of trust associated with sender of file
> Is the macro supposedly open source code, or a compiled module
> UP TO DATE AV program
> Manually force AV program to scan the file, in case something else has turned off your AV
> Open the file with macro security on HIGH
> etc.
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