Historically, malicious Office macros have been the equivalent of email’s phishing attempts, launching malware at the click of a user’s mouse. But Microsoft unexpectedly has reinstated VBA macros ...

After rolling back restrictions on internet macros in Office, Microsoft now says it is was a temporary change and that it will be bring back the ban on macros as the default for all users in future.

A Microsoft announcement that the company would be disabling macros as a default feature in Excel 4.0 has been greeted as a step that "would really help defenders". British security expert Kevin ...