A Tip to Avoid the Macro Virus

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For Microsoft Office applications, there is a simple safety measure:

Word or Excel will skip loading such a macro if the [SHIFT] key is held down while the file is being loaded from the File/Open dialog box. It does not necessarily work if the file is opened by double-clicking in File Manager or launched from ECSMail or a Web browser.

For example, to open a Word document without automatically executing any macros:

1. Save it to a file

2. Start up Word

3. From the File menu, choose Open and select the file you wish to load

4. Hold down the [SHIFT] key and click on [OK]

5. Keep the [SHIFT] key depressed until the document has finished loading

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