What is a macro virus?

with popularity and daily use of the Internet and threats of viruses growing every day, many Internet users have implemented antivirus applications to help them stay safe from viruses while they are on the Internet. Viruses are usually written in a scripting language that is commonly used to create a macro for use in applications. Some of these macro viruses are more inconvenience than the threat to secure the computer system. An example would be a macro virus that produces undesirable text within Microsoft Word® when a combination of keys is pressed. This helps to protect the unsuspecting user from random design of the macro virus. These applications remain aware of the macro and with several changes to the security settings, trusted macros or all macros can be enabled.

trusted macros are the safest macros and it is least likely to contain a macro virus. These files are usually created by a user to use macro or corporateIT department for use only within their organization.

Macro virus can be placed on a computer in the same way as a separate virus using e-mail or downloading files from the Internet. As with other types of viruses, other users can also sell macro viruses along with collaborators or other using floppy disks or flash memory units that do not have to realize that they have been infected.

In general, it is often the best not to accept files with macras built into them or use macros created by other people. Doing a little research on the Internet about using a macro can help the user create macro files for their own use to reduce the likelihood of macro virus infection. If a user has to download a macro template or a file containing a macros, the download source should be credible and verified as without a virus.

Disabling macro by default has been a huge step in the entryD when reducing the spread of macro virus infections, but also the user's responsibility to remember files received or downloaded from the Internet - executable and macro - to reduce the likelihood of virus or macro virus.