Question

I have been given two different Microsoft Word document that my virus scanner has warned me contains macros. These should be simple text files, and the person who sent them doesn’t even know what a macro is; they may be a mistake on his part, but they might be signs of a malicious infection. My installation of OpenOffice.org is set not to load macros at all, as I rarely use them, so I am not concerned about the security of my system. What I would like to be able to do is find out what those macros do without exposing my system to any malicious intent from those macros, in order to tell the person who sent me the documents whether or not he is spreading an infection.

Answer 1

Just open the document without activating macros, then open the code editor to see what they do.