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Ed

There's as much chance of the photo infecting you with a virus when you view it in Internet Explorer (or whatever) as it is when you copy it into Word. If you download the picture, then the AV will scan it anyway. As Suzanne has stated, we have repeatedly asked Norton (Symantec) to explain what the plug-in does in Office and they couldn't : they just didn't know.

Millions of us are happily working without an Office AV plug-in: just don't worry about it.

Terry

"Ed" <jag_manR__EM*-0_V_E653@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ou61B$%23oIHA.524@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ut7DJ3%23oIHA.3860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
But, if it doesn't compromise security to turn it off, why is it there in the first place?

That's what we've been asking ever since NAV first incorporated the Office Plug-in. Even Symantec doesn't know.


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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Suppose I'm in Word and find a photo or something on the Web I'd like to incorporate in my document. If the Office security plug-in
is not activated, am I not subject to a virus in that photo? Seems like there's gotta be a reason for it, as the AV companies
have enough to do already.

Just curious.

Ed

Ed


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