How do I disable the start-up virus scan?

[Guest]

Just installed MSOffice 2003. Running WIN XP-Home version. It takes 3.0
minutes for the main office programs (Word, Excel, etc,) to load, then
another 3.0 minutes to load each .doc or .xls file. During the file loading
process a "RUNNING VIRUS SCAN" msg appears at the bottom of the screen.
I want to know how to turn off the automatic virus scan feature.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Office does not have a built-in virus scanner. What you're seeing is a
function of whatever antivirus program you have on your computer.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your response. Over the last week I have disabled both MS
Anti-Spyware Beta 1 and my AVG Virus Scan ver 7.0.300 programs singularily
and together and the 3 min. delay continues. Numerous reboots, etc. WORD or
Excel sure act like it has an internal scan program. One person using Norton
had to disable "Office Plug-Ins" in Norton to get rid of the delay. Any
other ideas ?? ..Fred

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Nope.

Thank you for your response. Over the last week I have disabled both MS
Anti-Spyware Beta 1 and my AVG Virus Scan ver 7.0.300 programs singularily
and together and the 3 min. delay continues. Numerous reboots, etc. WORD or
Excel sure act like it has an internal scan program. One person using Norton
had to disable "Office Plug-Ins" in Norton to get rid of the delay. Any
other ideas ?? ..Fred

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[GM6TRS]

Just installed MSOffice 2003. Running WIN XP-Home version. It takes 3.0
minutes for the main office programs (Word, Excel, etc,) to load, then
another 3.0 minutes to load each .doc or .xls file. During the file loading
process a "RUNNING VIRUS SCAN" msg appears at the bottom of the screen.
I want to know how to turn off the automatic virus scan feature.

This problem was driving me nuts recently - same symptoms, with Word
2002 running Win 98SE and AVG7 Free. Searched the web and Usenet, and
got so confused in the end that I can't recall where the answer was,
but basically you need to find a file "normal.dot" and rename it to
"normal.old". If you run Windows Explorer - Tools - Find - Files or
Folders, and search for "*normal.dot" you may find several hits - one
should be something like: "Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot". Rename it, and Word will create
a new, uncorrupted "normal.dot", and Word will run like a dream; at
least, it did for me - hope it does for you!

- -
Martin in Moray, Scotland

 

[Chuck Davis]

If you haven't cleaned your system of spyware, download, install, update and
scan with Ad-aware SE Personal from http://www.lavasoftusa.com

 

[Guest]

All Virus Scanning can be stopped: If your using Norton
Follow the below if you want to open documents much faster
Open Norton
Click on: Norton Internet Security
Click on: Options
Click on: Norton AntiVirus Options
Click on: Miscellanous
Click on: (Disable): Enable Office Plug-in

Hope this helps you out....
ted

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem, but disabling the office plug-in in Norton did not
solve it.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Read the last two posts in
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...management/browse_frm/thread/f74aedb071e6f80e
..

 

[Sharona]

I keep receiving a message which is a nuisance when I open Outlook

It says "The Add In "Exchange Scan" (Crogram Files\Network
Associates\Virus Scan\scanemall.dll) can not be loaded and has been disabled
by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer for an update. If no
update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

This has nothing to do with Word. I have cross posted this response to the
microsoft.public.outlook.program_addins newsgroup where someone may know
something about it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Hi Doug,

This is actually a programming group (COM Addins originally)

For the poster:

There is an Exchange extension from a Network Associates anti-virus. The AV
has been disabled or partially uninstalled but the Exchange extension is
starting up and looking for its associated addin. In Outlook select Tools,
Options, Other tab, Advanced Options button, AddIn Manager button. Find and
uncheck the entry for that extension.

There may also be an entry for some addin related to that error, click the
COM Add-Ins button and look in that dialog for such an addin.

OK your way out of the Options dialog.

Or just uninstall the thing from Add/Remove Programs.

 

[Witchdoctor]

Hi there;

I'm getting this error message as well. Here's my setup, WinXP Pro,
Office 2007, all updates done. I've currently got McAfee uninstalled and
I'm still getting the error message. When I try the suggested fix I get to
the Advanced Options and there is no button to Manage Add-ins. There is
also no option in Add/Remove to remove this. I'm gonna try removing Office
and reinstalling but I've already tried running the Office diagnostics.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

This is still the wrong group for this post, as you probably see if you read
the previous message in the thread. Try posting in an appropriate group.

 

[Witchdoctor]

The group is outlook.program.addins if this isn't the right group then what
group would we post to when we have a problem with an outlook program addin?

d

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

This group is for programming Outlook addins, not users of them.

Post your questions in microsoft.public.outlook.general.

 

[Roy Batty]

Tools-> Protection Center ->Add on Component-> Search the Exchange Scan
component and disable it
;-)