Bleeping Computer

Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default to protect users

Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents. Excel 4.0 macros, or XLM macros, were first added to Excel ...
Windows Central

Microsoft will protect Excel users from malware by disabling this ancient feature

Excel 4.0 XLM macros can be used to get malware onto people's PCs, so Microsoft is disabling them by default. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macros by default to block malware

Microsoft has announced that Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros will now be disabled by default to protect customers from malicious documents. In October, the company first revealed in a Microsoft 365 message ...
ZDNet

Microsoft to make enabling 'untrusted' Office macros tougher in the name of security

Starting in early April, Microsoft plans to make it tougher to enable VBA macros that are downloaded from the internet in several of its Office apps. The effect, the company hopes, will be to ...