You receive a "McAfee VirusScan detects <drive:>\<path>\Powerpnt.exe contains suspicious scripting activity" warning message when you upload PowerPoint 2003 slides to Live Meeting 2005 (896384)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Live Meeting
Important This article contains information that shows you how to help lower security settings or how to turn off security features on a computer. You can make these changes to work around a specific problem. Before you make these changes, we recommend that you evaluate the risks that are associated with implementing this workaround in your particular environment. If you implement this workaround, take any appropriate additional steps to help protect your system. SYMPTOMSWhen you upload your Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 slides to Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005, you receive the following warning message: McAfee VirusScan detects drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Powerpnt.exe contains suspicious scripting activity.CAUSEThis issue may occur when you use the McAfee VirusScan program on your computer. This warning message is typical. The warning message is prompting you for verification to let the program to run.WORKAROUNDWarning This workaround may make your computer or your network more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We do not recommend this workaround but are providing this information so that you can implement this workaround at your own discretion. Use this workaround at your own risk. An antivirus program is designed to help protect your computer from viruses. You must not download or open files from sources that you do not trust, visit Web sites that you do not trust, or open e-mail attachments when your antivirus program is disabled.
For more information about computer viruses, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
129972
Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery
When you receive the warning message from the McAfee VirusScan program, click Allow Entire script this time. The process of uploading your slides to Live Meeting 2005 should then finish. To prevent this warning message from appearing when you upload your slides to Live Meeting 2005, you can temporarily disable the McAfee VirusScan program. To temporarily disable the McAfee VirusScan program, right-click the red M icon that is located in the notification area, point to VirusScan, and then click Disable. Note Make sure that you enable the McAfee VirusScan program after you finish uploading your slides to Live Meeting 2005. MORE INFORMATION
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