How do I clean a mass of files that are known to be infected with a macro virus.

Those macro viruses won't be able to run on or infect your Mac, but you should be able to ID them with something like the free AV app. ClamXav. Once you have identified an infected document follow the instructions below to fix it.

lflotte said:

Thanks for your help! I downloaded that program and have located the infected files.

I'm now trying to follow the instructions listed at the bottom but I can't find the normal file. I looked in the Microsoft User data file as it said to but there aren't any files there called 'normal'.

Where do I go from here?

Note: I also just opened Word and there isn't a security preference that allows me to turn on Macro Security.

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I believe the location of that normal template file varies depending on which version of Office you have.

Try looking in the folder below. Click the desktop then hit shift-command-g (all three at once) then paste the line below into the box that pops up and hit enter. That should bring up a Finder window with the normal.dot file in it. Just delete the file then restart Word and a new normal file will be created.


Maybe this will help with the macro security feature. I don't have Office so I flying blind here a bit.