Virus checking via double-clicking

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Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

At one time double clicking an Office file icon on the Mac by-passed virus checking. If I double click an Office file icon on my Mac, will Mac Office 2008 check for viruses automatically before opening the file for use by the Office application?

 

[Tim Murray]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

At one time double clicking an Office file icon on the Mac by-passed virus
checking. If I double click an Office file icon on my Mac, will Mac Office
2008 check for viruses automatically before opening the file for use by the
Office application?

Office never did it in the first place. It gave some warnings about macros,
but it never did true virus scanning.