Microsoft is now disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default

🗓️ 25 Jan 2022 11:39:20Reported by Pieter ArntzType

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Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macros by default to protect customers from malicious documents. Administrators can completely block all XLM macro usage. XLM macros have been used to spread malware

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