No, it is not required and as you've discovered it can interfere with Word.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

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"Charlene" wrote in message
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Word locks up when I try to use it. I have closed out of all operations,
rebooted all to no avail. When I right click, it is scanning documents
with
Norton Internet Security which I tried to delete through the control panel
because it is conflicting with Microsoft security and McAffee security.