How to turn off "Requesting virus scan"

[Bob Fitzgerald]

This is very annoying and has a negative effect on my computer's
responsiveness. I have a virus scanner installed and am happy to
rely on it doing its thing and would happily have Office ignore
checking. Suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

Bob

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Microsoft Office does not have a built-in virus scanner. The message
you're seeing can be caused by the Office Plugin that comes with
Symantec/Norton AntiVirus, and you can disable the Office Plugin if you
so desire. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 "How to use
Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in" for more
information.

 

[Bob Fitzgerald]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820

Unfortunately, I do not have Norton Anti-virus installed (never
have).

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Bob

 

[TF]

Bob

Find out what Anti Virus you have installed and turn off the option to scan
documents on opening. This is NOT a Word problem but an AV problem.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

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: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820
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: Unfortunately, I do not have Norton Anti-virus installed (never
: have).
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: Any other suggestions?
:
: Thanks.
:
: Bob