diff --git a/oletools/olevba.py b/oletools/olevba.py
index 7e58d75..a5b7be8 100644
--- a/oletools/olevba.py
+++ b/oletools/olevba.py
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # 2018-04-15 v0.53 PL: - added support for Word/PowerPoint 2007+ XML (FlatOPC)
 #                        (issue #283)
 # 2018-09-11 v0.54 PL: - olefile is now a dependency
+# 2018-10-08       PL: - replace backspace before printing to console (issue #358)
 
-__version__ = '0.54dev1'
+__version__ = '0.54dev2'
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # TODO:
@@ -699,6 +700,8 @@ SUSPICIOUS_KEYWORDS = {
          'DisableUnsafeLocationsInPV', 'blockcontentexecutionfrominternet'),
     'May attempt to modify the VBA code (self-modification)':
         ('VBProject', 'VBComponents', 'CodeModule', 'AddFromString'),
+    'May use special characters such as backspace to obfuscate code when printed on the console':
+        ('\b',),
 }
 
 # Regular Expression for a URL:
@@ -3222,6 +3225,11 @@ class VBA_Parser_CLI(VBA_Parser):
                         if vba_code_filtered.strip() == '':
                             print('(empty macro)')
                         else:
+                            # check if the VBA code contains special characters such as backspace (issue #358)
+                            if b'\x08' in vba_code_filtered:
+                                log.warning('The VBA code contains special characters such as backspace, that may be used for obfuscation.')
+                                # replace backspace by "\x08" for display
+                                vba_code_filtered = vba_code_filtered.replace(b'\x08', b'\\x08')
                             print(vba_code_filtered)
                 for (subfilename, stream_path, form_string) in self.extract_form_strings():
                     print('-' * 79)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dca39b4..1ba475d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import os, fnmatch
 #--- METADATA -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 name         = "oletools"
-version      = '0.54dev1'
+version      = '0.54dev2'
 desc         = "Python tools to analyze security characteristics of MS Office and OLE files (also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound Document File Format), for Malware Analysis and Incident Response #DFIR"
 long_desc    = open('oletools/README.rst').read()
 author       = "Philippe Lagadec"