IT Queries: Computer problems answered

Every time I’m opening a wordsheet a question is stated on the screen to enable micros.

One of the older ways to spread viruses was to use malicious macros in Word and Excel. A person could be tricked into opening a word document, a macro would run in the background and infect their computer. The infected computer would then pass on the infected document.

To overcome this, Microsoft introduced a macro security system where only certain macros can be allowed to run.

In the first instance, we’d recommend uninstalling any unused programs and removing an macros from the Word start up routine. We describe how to do this in another post.

You can change the system settings to stop this message. This can be done by opening Word, clicking Tools, Macros and security.

In the Security options click “Low”. You’ll notice this is not recommended and you must have a reliable, up to date virus checker when you do this.

Click okay and the macro message will go away. But remember that your level of security is now not so high.

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