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TypeIt4Me Touch 2.0

TypeIt4Me Touch 2.0

...Mac snippets to yourself to use them with this app.A Microsoft Word macro is also available on request to convert your autotext/autocorrect entries... Read more

14 May, 2012

The hunt for Melissa leads to 'ex' virus writer

The systems administrator whose site houses a page that may belong to the creator of the Melissa virus told ZDTV that he has nothing to do with the virus, and that the potential creator "is in retirement." Read more

30 March, 1999 by ZDNet

Melissa hits the UK

The Melissa virus has hit at least ten major corporations in the US since Friday and by lunch time today, UK experts... Read more

29 March, 1999 by Chiyo Robertson and Richard Barry
Microsoft <endeca_term>Word Macro</endeca_term> Language QuickStart Tool

Microsoft Word Macro Language QuickStart Tool

...working with a new technology. Besides explaining the basics, the TechRepublic.com Word Macro QuickStart Tool shows common tasks, exposes strengths and weaknesses, demonstrates some... Read more

3 June, 2004

Thursday virus reaches Blighty

The Thursday Word Macro virus is "spreading rapidly" according to anti-virus software firm Network... Read more

2 September, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

News Burst: Network Associates' virus warning

...said today that it has received numerous infection reports about the Thursday Word Macro virus over the past 24 hours Read more

2 September, 1999 by Margaret Kane

Microsoft starts frantic bug hunt

The WMF flaw has sent Microsoft's security teams back to the drawing board, and back rifling through the code for legacy systems Read more

10 January, 2006 by Joris Evers

Linux 'not just for power users'

...there are still problems when converting macros and other customisations. "A [Microsoft] Word macro is written in a language specific to Word. It is hard... Read more

6 April, 2005 by Munir Kotadia

How can we prepare for the next big virus?

...for. Two years ago, the Melissa virus wreaked havoc using a Microsoft Word macro, when macro viruses were common. And the ILOVEYOU worm caused Microsoft... Read more

1 March, 2002 by Robert Vamosi

Five years ago: Macro viruses still causing hassles

...saw cases in London and Aberdeen." Cluley said that the 'Wazzu' Microsoft Word macro virus that shipped on Microsoft's Solutions Provider CD-ROM in... Read more

11 November, 2001 by Martin Veitch

Word flaw opens door to Trojan horse

...rich text format but actually reaches through the Net to run a Word macro -- a small program that runs within the application -- saved on a... Read more

15 June, 2001 by Robert Lemos

A Year Ago: Spawn of Melissa discovered

...operate in a similar way to the original miscreant program utilising Microsoft Word macro to gain access to MAPI email programs and proliferate. Although antivirus... Read more

15 October, 2000 by Will Knight

Millennium virus threat isn't over yet

...it. Other new strains of computer virus include Chantal.B, a destructive Word macro; Zelu, a Trojan horse program pretending to be a Y2K fix... Read more

4 January, 2000 by Will Knight

'Tis the season for computer viruses

...a six-day manhunt for the writer of the Melissa virus. The Word macro virus, which struck on Friday, March 26, affected hundreds of thousands... Read more

13 December, 1999 by Robert Lemos

Spawn of Melissa discovered

...operate in a similar way to the original miscreant program utilising Microsoft Word macro to gain access to MAPI email programs and proliferate. Although anti... Read more

15 October, 1999 by Will Knight

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