.XLAM

📌 An .XLAM entry is associated with the macro-enabled plug-in applied and opened by Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet toolkit included into Microsoft Office installer package. It is generally utilized to add miscellaneous features, abilities and commands to an Excel solution. Some of the .XLAM entries are accurately designed by the Microsoft company, while others are built up by Excel community and third-party development groups and parties. As long as various designated users utilize Excel spreadsheets for specialized, different tasks and purposes, Microsoft permits users to add auxiliary options to Excel platform. In order to enable these capabilities, users are permitted to install a custom Excel add-in, which is normally saved, maintained and opened up from within a local .XLAM file extension sample.

How to open an .XLAM file?

📌 .XLAM file resources can be directly opened up, reviewed and edited by Microsoft Excel users after the former installation of the custom .XLAM file add-in within the software package. In order to set up a requested add-in the following reprosteps should be accomplished:

• navigate to File -> Options -> Add-ins item in scope of the primary Excel menu
• on the Manage form, choose the Excel Add-ins -> Go pictogram
• on the Add-ins form, pick out the Browse option
• find the precise location of your .XLAM file resource on the local hard disk and click the OK button to confirm and apply the changes made.

While .XLAM file samples serve as typically legitimate Excel add-ins and plugins, they may also be employed to distribute and perform malware attacks on potentially insecure workstations and nodes. In order to guarantee reliable protection against apparent .XLAM attacks, never attach an .XLAM file plug-in to your Excel infrastructure unless you entirely ensure that the source of the file is trusted and non-harmful.