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If you are already managing Office settings using Group Policy, you can skip this step.

To disable macros in group policy, do the following: Set Up Group Policy Disabling Microsoft Office macros is a quick and easy way to beef up your network security against new and emerging threats.

So, unless macros are an important part of your company’s workflow, the safest option is to disable them completely using Group Policy. For example, the malicious Word documents that spread the Locky virus appeared to have garbled formatting, strange characters, and gibberish, with a “helpful” note that said “If document is not formatted correctly, enable macros”. But virus writers have developed some sneaky social engineering tricks to get users to disable Protected Mode and run macros. Once it’s activated, it executes a bit of Javascript that connects to a web server and downloads the virus payload.īy default, MS Word does not run macros automatically, but prompts the user to enable them if the document contains them. In those cases, the macro itself isn’t the virus. Several of the recent Cryptolocker-type viruses, such as Locky, spread themselves through malicious Word macros. Believe it or not, Microsoft Office macros are still a serious security threat.