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Verify Before Enabling Macros

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Document macros are a classic malware vector — don't enable on demand.

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Documents that demand you 'enable macros to view content' are running a decades-old malware playbook. Refusing to enable macros on unfamiliar documents defuses one of the most persistent attachment-based attacks.

“'Enable macros to continue' is malware asking permission.”

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