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I screwed up - can I undo the damage?
OK, so first off, this might be slightly unbelievable - I myself might
not believe it if I read it in a newsgroup. Computer I'm at uni. and in my BCIS degree classes, there is a course on Computer Security. For this course we look at security issues and learn about all types of network attacks. We have a dedicated computer Lab with an isolated network to work on. One of the things we looked at was the code for the Melissa virus. Then we were given instructions to write something similar as an exercise. I figured I could see the parts where the virus were sending out the emails, and that if I simply didn't write that part, I could create/write the rest of the virus on my home computer and it'd be OK. Unfortunately, some of the code in the virus disables the macro menu options and a few other things, so now that I've run it once, I've effectively disabled my Word. I cannot get back into the macro editor to change the code or to stop the code from running when I open Word. My original install disks are back home. Are there ways to edit the registry to undo the changes or am I SOL? Thanks. I can post the code that I ran here, but thought it would be unwise to do so. As an aside, I'd like to kick the original author's ass (after kicking my own, of course). |
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Nice one. ;-)
Assuming the macro that starts the code when Word loads is in an AutoExec macro, you should be able to prevent it from running by holding down the Shift key while starting Word. That will let you go into the VBA editor and disable the code. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. MikeB wrote: OK, so first off, this might be slightly unbelievable - I myself might not believe it if I read it in a newsgroup. Computer I'm at uni. and in my BCIS degree classes, there is a course on Computer Security. For this course we look at security issues and learn about all types of network attacks. We have a dedicated computer Lab with an isolated network to work on. One of the things we looked at was the code for the Melissa virus. Then we were given instructions to write something similar as an exercise. I figured I could see the parts where the virus were sending out the emails, and that if I simply didn't write that part, I could create/write the rest of the virus on my home computer and it'd be OK. Unfortunately, some of the code in the virus disables the macro menu options and a few other things, so now that I've run it once, I've effectively disabled my Word. I cannot get back into the macro editor to change the code or to stop the code from running when I open Word. My original install disks are back home. Are there ways to edit the registry to undo the changes or am I SOL? Thanks. I can post the code that I ran here, but thought it would be unwise to do so. As an aside, I'd like to kick the original author's ass (after kicking my own, of course). |
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On Nov 12, 2:39 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote:
Nice one. ;-) Assuming the macro that starts the code when Word loads is in an AutoExec macro, you should be able to prevent it from running by holding down the Shift key while starting Word. That will let you go into the VBA editor and disable the code. I tried that, but it seems it has set some permanent options somewhere, and it disabled the Options menu item on the toolbar. |
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Roll back to a Restore point prior to your boob.
-- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "MikeB" wrote in message ... On Nov 12, 2:39 pm, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Nice one. ;-) Assuming the macro that starts the code when Word loads is in an AutoExec macro, you should be able to prevent it from running by holding down the Shift key while starting Word. That will let you go into the VBA editor and disable the code. I tried that, but it seems it has set some permanent options somewhere, and it disabled the Options menu item on the toolbar. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Nice one. ;-) Assuming the macro that starts the code when Word loads is in an AutoExec macro, you should be able to prevent it from running by holding down the Shift key while starting Word. That will let you go into the VBA editor and disable the code. Should be the Ctrl key? Klaus |
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:35:46 +0100, "Klaus Linke"
wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: Nice one. ;-) Assuming the macro that starts the code when Word loads is in an AutoExec macro, you should be able to prevent it from running by holding down the Shift key while starting Word. That will let you go into the VBA editor and disable the code. Should be the Ctrl key? Klaus No, holding the Ctrl key while starting puts you into Safe Mode, which suppresses not only macros but all customizations in Normal.dot as well as all add-ins and registry customizations. Holding the Shift key simply disables any Auto macros that might be present, the same as executing the VBA command WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros 1. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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