Abstract: VBA macro malware has seen a resurgence of use in recent years by malicious actors as a vector to perpetrate cyber attacks. Anti-virus and analysis tools use heuristics of the VBA source ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

Microsoft confirmed that it is resuming the roll out of a popular change that blocked Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in a variety of Office apps. The tech giant faced backlash ...

Have you ever found yourself endlessly clicking through repetitive steps in Excel, wishing there was a way to make the process smarter and faster? While Power Query is a fantastic option for ...

In one of the most impactful changes made in recent years, Microsoft has announced today that it will block by default the execution of VBA macro scripts inside five Office applications. Starting with ...

Abstract: In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the prevalence of malicious Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros embedded in Office documents presents a formidable challenge. These macros, ...

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But what I want to do is play a d---d sound, and there seems to be no obvious way to do it. There is a general supposedly office-wide vba "play" method, but My ...

On the Developer tab, click the Visual Basic button in the Code group. A Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window will open. Click the Insert tab and select Module in the menu. A new model is ...