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• A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the documents application to execute and propagate.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Macro Virus. (n.d.). Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/macro-virus.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Macro Virus. csrc.nist.gov. Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/macro-virus (accessed: January 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Macro Virus." Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. 28 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/macro-virus.

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