Excel VBA Password via Hex Editor

Question

I have used the \"Hex Editor to modify DPB to DPx\" many times in the past to bypass VBA project security on my old Excel VBA projects (.xls), so I definitely know how to do

Answer 1

If you deal with .xlsm file instead of .xls you can use the old method. I was trying to modify vbaProject.bin in .xlsm several times using DBP->DBx method by it didn't work, also changing value of DBP didn't. So I was very suprised that following worked :
1. Save .xlsm as .xls.
2. Use DBP->DBx method on .xls.
3. Unfortunately some erros may occur when using modified .xls file, I had to save .xls as .xlsx and add modules, then save as .xlsm.