How do I turn off the virus scan when files are opened.

[sweedlb]

Whenever I open a file or document in Word, Powerpoint or Excel, a delay
occurs that says "requesting virus scan". It doesn't appear to be connected
to my Symantec virus protection program, but somering from the office
software. How do I turn this off.
Thanks

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Microsoft Office does not have a built-in virus scanner. Have
you tried disabling the Office Plugin in Norton/Symantec
Antivirus? See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 "How to
use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in" for
more information. If you have Symantec Corporate Edition, follow
the instructions for Norton Systemworks 2000.

 

[Word 2003 Virus Scanning STOP]

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