You should ensure your Anti-Virus software is fully up to date and try opening the file again. Your Anti-Virus software has blocked the file you were trying to open. When you try to open a Microsoft Office file, you may receive the following error message: This article will show you how to do this. To resolve the third problem, you have to try to recover the file. To resolve the first two problems, you have to update your antivirus program. You may receive this error message for the following reasons: This article describes an error message that you receive in Microsoft Office that states that an antivirus program is preventing you from opening a file.
Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Microsoft Office Access 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.An out-of-date antivirus program may cause errors when you try to open an Office document or to start Outlook
