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Macro Virus Protection Alert May Not Appear

Article ID: 171093

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006


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SYMPTOMS

When you open a file that contains a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, a macro virus alert message fails to appear even though Macro Virus Protection is selected on the General tab in the Options dialog box.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you open a file that contains Visual Basic macro code in a class module or when you open a file that contains code that is associated with a UserForm.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about macro virus protection, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

viruses, macro

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About viruses and workbook macros" topic.

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