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> they're simply training users to click on "I agree" buttons Are macros at all common? My perception is they're very very rarely used, especially in file down
by varenc 5y ago
> they're simply training users to click on "I agree" buttons
Are macros at all common? My perception is they're very very rarely used, especially in file downloaded from the internet. In that context, a file asking for permission to run macros would seem pretty strange to the user and that they might actual reconsider things before clicking I agree.
- technion 5y agoThe prompt to enable macros is near identical to the "protected mode" prompt, that users must click in order to do things like "print" and "copy to clipboard". No user ever questions it. To answer your question though, pretty much every place I've worked with had people writing VBA macros.
- scandox 5y agoWrong. They are the number one security problem for email in traditional business, state and semi-state sectors. Certainly in my corner of Europe. I always ask orgs to consider a blanket ban on them but almost none can go that far. They are extremely widely used and shared among healthcare, pharmaceutical, government councils and many other types of organisations.
- delusional 5y agoThey're pretty rare in files from the internet, but normal people don't really regard "files from the internet" and "this attachment of an email" as separate concepts. In traditional business (like banking, where I have my experience) macros are EXTREMELY common. Both in local files, and in what normal users would consider remote files (from intranet sites and email).