Semantec (Norton) antivirus and MS Word

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Is there anyway to stop the Virus scan from scanning your document every
time you try to open a word document. I'm really sick of it. What a waste.
I understand what they are trying to do. Maybe they need a to hold a key
down while launching a program on something that you might not trust.
Anyway. I want to open documents on my computer without the lag time it
takes for the scan. What can I do?
 
Open Norton and look for Options.

I use AVG 7 and unchecking Scan Documents just seems to upset AVG.

Open Word
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2.. Click the Security tab.
3.. Under Macro Security, click Macro Security.
4.. Click the Security Level tab, and then select the security level you
want to use.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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I can't find options in Norton that say anything (that I understand) that
indicates that it will stop checking just because you opened the word
application. As to the 2nd option, regardless of the settings in Word, the
opening of the document takes the same amount of time due to Norton Scan
Time.

Thanks
 
Turning on and turning off the Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft Office
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...56c0e005a96e5&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=

Turning on and turning off the Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft Office
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...852567ee0058f96a?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

Turning on and turning off the Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft Office
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...852567ee0058f96a?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

Turning on and turning off the Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft Office
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...852567ee0058f96a?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

If one of these doesn't do it (there are 9 more), go here and paste:
Turning on and turning off the Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft Office
in the Search box
http://www.symantec.com/search/


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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JCO said:
Is there anyway to stop the Virus scan from scanning your document every
time you try to open a word document. I'm really sick of it. What a
waste.
I understand what they are trying to do. Maybe they need a to hold a key
down while launching a program on something that you might not trust.
Anyway. I want to open documents on my computer without the lag time it
takes for the scan. What can I do?
Click to expand...
MS Word documents and Excel Spreadsheets can contain Macros, and these
macros can contain malicious code. I would recommend that you continue to
let Norton continue to scan these files. Life is not so short that you
cannot wait 2 seconds while the files are scanned.

Bobby
 
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