Easily Prevent and block the Macros from running in Microsoft Office using Group Policy

The Office is an active and perfect package of various applications such as- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc. all are providing the ideal service to complete our officially and private work efficiently. If you are trying to block Macros and consequently Macro virus or Macro infected malware files, from the Internet. You can do it quickly from opening and running in your Microsoft Office 2016 programs automatically such as- Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents by using Group Policy in Windows 10.

What is Office Macros?
It is a small piece of code which is written in Visual Basic (VBA). Office Macros allows you to take out select repetitive tasks. All are useful by themselves, but some of the times malware writers use this functionality in a wrong way to introduce malware into your computer system.

The Macro virus is an infection that can get the advantage of Macros. It runs in Microsoft Office applications for example- the Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Cybercriminals will send you a macro-infested payload or an infected file when you have download it then an infected script by an email, and you can use a subject line that interests or provokes you into opening the file or folder in the word. While opening the file, a macro will start to execute whatever the task the criminal wants.

Microsoft is an excellent ability to disabled the Macro functioning by default. It has come with the default settings in Office program to disable all of the macros with notification. That means, no macro can run in the Microsoft Word until you do not allow it to run. After that, your files will now open in secured view.

Macro-based malware has build-up a comeback and is again on the rise. Microsoft has provided a new Group Policy update to all Office 2016 users on the network. This policy will able to prevent or blocks Internet originating macros from loading on your computer system. It will avoid the high-risk scenarios, and help your enterprise administrators to block the risk of macros.

Know how you can do it quickly?
If you want to enable this policy setting, then run gpedit.MSC and then move to the following mentioned setting:
User configuration > Administrative templates > Microsoft Word 2016 > Word options > Security > Trust Center.

After that, double-click on the Block macros from running in Office files from the Internet setting, and then enable it.
There has been a jump in the decline of Macro Virus by using an email such as- social engineering, so you should to exercise caution and be safe at all times from Macro infection.
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