![]() ![]() ![]() Microsoft has previously encouraged users of XLM macros to migrate them to the latest version of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), but still supports the XLM format.Īnd that’s a problem – because Office 2011 for Mac does not properly warn users of the presence of XLM macros within SYLK files. The problem, first uncovered by Netherlands-based security outfit Outflank and reported to Microsoft a year ago, is related to Microsoft Excel’s support for a legacy type of macros known as XLM or Excel 4.0 macros. Unfortunately, it seems that’s not the case – at least not for users of the Mac version of Microsoft Office.Īs The Register reports, the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Melon University has warned that one of the the countermeasures built into Office for Mac against malicious macros is defective.Īstonishingly, consumers and companies who believe they have protected their computers by configuring MS Office to “Disable all macros without notification” are actually opening themselves up the possibility of being silently infected. ![]()
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