> The virus scan message comes not from Word but from the linked AVG
> anti-virus software.
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> You can unregister the calling DLL by running the following command line
> from Windows > Start > Run
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> regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgoff2k.dll"
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> lariveesl wrote:
>> I have Office 2003 installed on Windows XP SP3. I am also using AVG
>> 8 Free. I have been using AVG since I bought the computer over 3
>> years ago. Lately I have been having a hard time opening a Word
>> file. I see the words "running virus scan" on the lower left of the
>> status bar. It takes much too long to open the document, approx 20
>> seconds. My computer is not an extreme gaming computer but it is
>> relatively fast and it should not take this long to open a short Word
>> file. My other applications open fine. I uninstalled AVG but I am
>> still seeing the message about running a virus scan. I then put AVG
>> back on, but disabled the Resident Shield, but the running virus scan
>> continues every time I open Word. I see the message running a virus
>> scan when I open Excel but it only takes a few seconds for the file
>> to open, nothing like what I am experiencing in Word. AVG is up to
>> date and never shows that I have a virus or threat. I run Ad-Aware
>> and SpyBot from time to time and keep a relatively "clean" computer.
>> Do I have a problem with AVG? Their web site offered no help. Do I
>> have a problem with Office? With Windows? Any help would be
>> appreciated. I am posting here since it seems to happen primarily in
>> Word.
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