Help - Macro Security Issue

[Barry Watzman]

Every single time I open Outlook (Office 2003), I get the following text
box:

"Microsoft Office Word [in border of the message box]"

"This file contains macros with an expired or revoked signature. Since
you are running under high security level, these macros will be disabled."

Is there any way I can find the source/cause of this? Other than
outlook 2003, nothing else is open or running.

I am concerned that something may have infected my system; I had some
kind of critical problem today, the system would shut down immediately
after starting, and I did have to restore from an image backup.

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

This isn't an Outlook issue. It's a Word issue. Open Word. Press Alt+F11 to see Word's VBA environment and investigate the macros found there.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Barry Watzman]

Ok, that appears to be correct, since with outlook closed, opening word
produces the same text box.

Can you give me any better idea as to how to find out which macro in
what document is offending? Alt-F11 does indeed open the environment,
but I'm pretty clueless as to how to interpret this or proceed from there.

This isn't an Outlook issue. It's a Word issue. Open Word. Press Alt+F11 to see Word's VBA environment and investigate the macros found there.

Original post:

Every single time I open Outlook (Office 2003), I get the following text
box:

"Microsoft Office Word [in border of the message box]"

"This file contains macros with an expired or revoked signature. Since
you are running under high security level, these macros will be disabled."

Is there any way I can find the source/cause of this? Other than
outlook 2003, nothing else is open or running.

I am concerned that something may have infected my system; I had some
kind of critical problem today, the system would shut down immediately
after starting, and I did have to restore from an image backup.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you don't know what the macros are doing, remove all the code modules. Or simply turn off Word VBA completely -- Tools | Macros | Security.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Ok, that appears to be correct, since with outlook closed, opening word
produces the same text box.

Can you give me any better idea as to how to find out which macro in
what document is offending? Alt-F11 does indeed open the environment,
but I'm pretty clueless as to how to interpret this or proceed from there.

This isn't an Outlook issue. It's a Word issue. Open Word. Press Alt+F11 to see Word's VBA environment and investigate the macros found there.

Original post:

Every single time I open Outlook (Office 2003), I get the following text
box:

"Microsoft Office Word [in border of the message box]"

"This file contains macros with an expired or revoked signature. Since
you are running under high security level, these macros will be disabled."

Is there any way I can find the source/cause of this? Other than
outlook 2003, nothing else is open or running.

I am concerned that something may have infected my system; I had some
kind of critical problem today, the system would shut down immediately
after starting, and I did have to restore from an image backup.

 

[Barry Watzman]

Is there any reason why I might need some of them (e.g. I break
something if I remove them)?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The only way to know is to analyze what they do. We can't look over your shoulder.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers