[JC]

Whenever I open my own docs Words always runs a virus scaon on them. Is this
necessary? How do I stop the scan?
Thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word does not run virus scans. This functionality is provided by your
antivirus software. If it is Norton AntiVirus, disable its Office Plug-in.
Other AV software has similar controls.

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"JC" wrote in message
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Whenever I open my own docs Words always runs a virus scaon on them. Is
this
necessary? How do I stop the scan?
Thanks

[Graham Mayor]

The virus scan message comes not from Word but from linked anti-virus
software. Checking of Word/Office documents can usually be deselected in the
AV program e.g. in Norton AV by turning off its Office Plug-in.

With some versions of the Norton product it may be necessary to unregister
the calling DLL by running the following command line from Windows Start
Run

regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton antivirus\officeav.dll"
or
regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton systemworks\norton
antivirus\officeav.dll"

Other AV apps eg the popular free ediition of Grisoft's AVG antivirus
software, require similar treatment.
In this instance:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgoff2k.dll"

Office MVP Beth Melton recently reported her discovery that "If there are
any WLL add-ins in the Startup folders they will trigger this message even
if the user doesn't have any type of virus scanner enabled. Apparently, MS
is using the virus scanning engine to check for macros in WLL files and as a
result it triggers the message. Note other than checking for macros it isn't
actually performing a virus scan....One add-in I know of that still uses a
WLL is EndNote." So you might check your Word and Office Startup folders for
..wll files.


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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


JC wrote:
Whenever I open my own docs Words always runs a virus scaon on them.
Is this necessary? How do I stop the scan?
Thanks