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macro virus

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
macro viruses
possessive
macro virus's
pluralpossessive
macro viruses'