VBA copies the workbook into the Excel XLSTART startup folder

OLE_VBA_XLSTART_PERSISTENCE

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high OLE_VBA_XLSTART_PERSISTENCE

What it means

VBA saves a copy of the workbook into Application.StartupPath (XLSTART) so it auto-loads on every Excel launch.

Why it fires

Anything in the Excel XLSTART startup folder loads automatically every time Excel starts. A macro that writes a copy of its own workbook into Application.StartupPath is establishing persistence — the hallmark of a resident Excel macro virus (Laroux/"StartUp" lineage) rather than a normal document. Detected by a SaveAs/SaveCopyAs whose target is Application.StartupPath.

Other Office heuristics

OLE_VBA_AFFINE_MSI_DOWNLOADER OLE_VBA_AUTOEXEC_FRAGMENTED_SHELL OLE_VBA_DESTRUCTIVE_WORKBOOK_SHUTDOWN OLE_VBA_BIDIRECTIONAL_MACROCOPY_REPLICATION OOXML_BRAND_LINK_MISMATCH_LURE CVE_2016_7262 POLYGLOT_OOXML_REL_COMMAND OLE_RAW_PCODE_CROSS_DOCUMENT_REPLICATION OLE_VBA_CROSS_WORKBOOK_REPLICATION OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_VBA_DROP_EXEC OFFICE_EMBEDDED_SWF EMBEDDED_OFFICE_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGE OFFICE_EMBEDDED_MACRO_OBJECT OLE_EMBEDDED_EXE OLE_VBA_EMBEDDED_PE_DROPPER OLE_ENCRYPTED_AND_MALFORMED CVE_2017_11882_EQUATION_NATIVE_CMD_RELATED CVE_2017_11882 OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_DOWNLOADER OLE_MTEF_NATIVE_CODE_STUB OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_SHELLCODE OOXML_XLM_MACRO_IN_WORKSHEET OLE_XLS5_LAROUX_MACRO_VIRUS