xDanGRS Posted August 30, 2021 ID:1477433 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I've just got this when trying to open a .docx file of mine to resume writing and malwarebytes's rtp gave me this. This has never happened before. I was able to open the file normally on my second attempt, with the only difference being that Word said it wasn't able to start normally the last time and asked if it should run in safe mode, to which i clicked no and it opened normally. I ran a full system scan with MBAM and my AV and nothing was detected. My PC is overall fine. No crashes, slowdowns or anything negative. Is this something i should be concerned about? Exploit Blocked.txt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted August 30, 2021 ID:1477435 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) It's probably due to the recent update that adds more protection for MS Office documents. Try removing the check for Exploit protection. Then see if opening, closing documents stops crashing and let us know. Edited August 30, 2021 by Porthos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Solution AdvancedSetup Posted August 30, 2021 Root Admin Solution ID:1477520 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hello @xDanGRS Please try the following and let us know if that corrects the issue or not. Open up the Malwarebytes program and click on the cogwheel top right Click on the "Security" tab Scroll all the way to the bottom to the Exploit Protection settings and click the Advanced Settings button Click the "Application Behaviour Protection" tab and scroll down to "Office WMI Abuse Prevention" and uncheck the box under "MS Office" click "apply" Thank you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDanGRS Posted August 30, 2021 Author ID:1477526 Share Posted August 30, 2021 @Porthos @AdvancedSetup Hello! The issue only happened once. I've opened over a dozen .docx files since the first occurrence and the issue haven't presented itself again. I only made a thread because i never came across something like this and wondered if i should be concerned or not. I did disabled it in Application Behavior Protection regardless, however. I am glad to know it's not anything serious. I appreciate the help! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnan Posted September 26, 2021 ID:1481625 Share Posted September 26, 2021 That issue happened to me today, for the first time, and unlike xDanGRS, it kept repeating and I could not open any Docx files. I wanted AdvancedSetup (and everyone else) to know that his solution worked for me. Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyldanimal Posted June 6, 2023 ID:1570782 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Just had the same, and Lost hours of work. Was Copying Lots of Data between Excel and Text editor when this Popped up and It Immediately Shut down Excel with the last changes to all my Data Lost. Open Excel back up, and Even the Auto Saved files were gone. everything for the past two or three hours is gone. Even the recovered documents shows nothing to recover. What is this and why did it not Prompt for an Action? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted June 6, 2023 ID:1570795 Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, wyldanimal said: What is this and why did it not Prompt for an Action? The following will NOT bring your work back but will keep that specific activity from being blocked as an exploit from happening again. It is the same advice given to the original poster of this topic in 2021. Please go to settings, security tab, and advanced settings in the exploit section and uncheck the following. Edited June 6, 2023 by Porthos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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