Disabling Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) was at one time considered a security risk because of its ability to run macros attached to files or e-mail messages. The risk, however, is not with VBA itself—it is with the problems caused when VBA is intentionally used by attackers to disrupt or sabotage work.
Visual Basic for Applications is now an installable feature of Microsoft Office 2003. It can be left out of an installation by changing its installation state.
Note
 | Not installing VBA does not protect against malicious programs (such as compiled programs) created with other programming languages, nor does it remove ... |
Get Microsoft® Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
