With a nod to the past success of macro viruses, more than a quarter of all document malware now spreads via Microsoft's Visual Basic scripting language.

Earlier versions of Visual Basic included scripting technology. In fact, VBScript-short for Visual Basic Scripting Edition-was all about scripting.

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...