macro virus

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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

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Senses

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National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

A type of malicious code that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute, replicate, and spread or propagate itself.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

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

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