Storm.ExcelMacros Suspicious unknown excel Add-in found
Last week running a macro that normally takes 1 min, excel became trapped in a loop “round blue circle still showing in the screen and performance monitor shows processors still working even when I knew the macro was done”.
Troubleshooting the issue I found under File>options> Add-ins> Manage: a new add-in named Storm.ExcelMacros. I unselect this add-in and everything is fine. Now, These are my questions?
1) Does anyone know what is the Storm.ExcelMacros add in?
2) How is it possible that this add-in was installed or pushed into my machine?
3) Assuming it is possible that the add-in auto load by itself. What are my options to disable these unknown add-ins to enter into my machine again?
4) There are plenty of options under the File>Options>Trust Center. What kind of settings will create an even more robust security excel environment. Files are pwd protected, spreadsheets are pwd protected and vb code is pwd protected.

I use windows 7 enterprise and XL 2010 32 bit.
Last week running a macro that normally takes 1 min, excel became trapped in a loop “round blue circle still showing in the screen and performance monitor shows processors still working even when I knew the macro was done”.
Troubleshooting the issue I found under File>options> Add-ins> Manage: a new add-in named Storm.ExcelMacros. I unselect this add-in and everything is fine. Now, These are my questions?
1) Does anyone know what is the Storm.ExcelMacros add in?
2) How is it possible that this add-in was installed or pushed into my machine?
3) Assuming it is possible that the add-in auto load by itself. What are my options to disable these unknown add-ins to enter into my machine again?
4) There are plenty of options under the File>Options>Trust Center. What kind of settings will create an even more robust security excel environment. Files are pwd protected, spreadsheets are pwd protected and vb code is pwd protected.


I use windows 7 enterprise and XL 2010 32 bit.
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