Office XP Document - Macro Security White Paper
This downloadable file contains the Microsoft Office XP Macro Security white paper. This white paper is a Microsoft Word *.doc file that can be opened by either Word 2000 or Word 2002. The Microsoft Office XP Macro Security white paper discusses how you can prevent the introduction of macro viruses into your computer using Office XP.
Visit the following Microsoft Website to download the Microsoft Office XP Macro Security White Paper:
Office XP Document: Macro Security White Paper
The Office XP Macro Security white paper discusses how you can help prevent the introduction of macro viruses into your computer using Office.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7e3eab1f-b313-44f4-8900-3399abb2001d&displaylang=en
Download => offxpsec.exe
For example, Office XP offers digital signatures to help users distinguish legitimate code from undesirable code, such as viruses. If you open an Office document and see a macro security warning with digital signature information, you should examine the signature and its associated certificate to establish confidence in the person who signed the macros, and confirm that the macros have not been changed since they were written.
You can choose to trust all macros signed by this person by checking the Trust all macros from this source check box. From then on, when you open a document that contains macros signed by this trusted source, Office enables the macros without showing a security warning for the document.
If you use the Office XP digital signature features as advised in this white paper, you will not see annoying security warnings for any of the macro solutions that you write or use. You will only see a security warning when it is justified; that is, when you open a document with unexpected macros or viruses.
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