In computing terminology, a macro virus is a virus that is written in a macro language: a programming language which is embedded inside a software application...

computer viruses in VBA, commonly known as macro viruses. In the mid-to-late 1990s, this became one of the most common types of computer virus. However...

The Melissa virus is a mass-mailing macro virus released on or around March 26, 1999. It targets Microsoft Word and Outlook-based systems and created...

"document virus") is a virus that is written in a macro language and embedded into these documents so that when users open the file, the virus code is executed...

security advisory organizations and anti-virus software developers compile and publish virus lists. When a new virus appears, the rush begins to identify...

virus body which refer to these macros. So, in order to implement macros viruses which can change its contents, hackers have to create another macro which...

computer virus. September: ReBoot first airs, containing another memorable fictional, sentient computer virus, Megabyte. The first Macro virus, called...

converted the previous version to a separate directory. The Princeton Word Macro Virus Loophole was discovered on August 22, 1996, nine days after Internet...

first widely known macro virus to spread through Microsoft Word (though not the first macro virus per se) Nimda (2001), named Concept Virus by its author,...

gangs. Initial infection of target systems often proceeds through a macro virus in an email attachment. The infected email is a legitimate-appearing...