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WD: How to Scan a Floppy Disk with Scanprot

Article ID: 143110

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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SUMMARY

This article explains how to use the Macro Virus Protection Tool, available as an Application Note from Microsoft, to check floppy disks for the presence of suspicious macros in Microsoft Word documents. For information on how to obtain the Macro Virus Protection Tool, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

133895 MW1222: "Macro Virus Protection Tool"(Macintosh)

134728 WD1215: "Macro Virus Protection Tool" (Windows)

Please note that the Macro Virus Protection Tool is intended as an interim tool only. For a permanent solution to macro virus problems, install anti- virus software that is specifically designed to detect Word macro viruses. Such software is available from several third-party companies. For additional information about anti-virus software designed to detect Word macro viruses, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

49500 List of Antivirus Software Vendors

MORE INFORMATION

To scan a floppy disk for macro viruses in Word documents:

  1. On the File menu, click Open.
  2. In the Files of Type list, select Document Templates.
  3. Locate the Scanprot.dot template. Depending on where you installed it, this template may be in the Templates folder or in the Word folder.
  4. Select Scanprot.dot and click Open (or OK).
  5. If you are running Word for the Macintosh, type the title of the floppy disk followed by a colon in the Batch Cleanup Procedure window. For example, type

    untitled:

    If you are running Word for Windows (any version), type the drive letter of the floppy disk followed by a colon and a backslash in the Batch Cleanup Procedure window. For example, type:

    a:\

  6. Click OK.
Word will now scan the floppy disk for Word documents that may contain suspicious macros.

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