There is some additional information at this site:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216583

"Kevin" wrote:

I am uncertain what you are recomminding that I do. It sounds like I should
disable my spyware. I am unwilling to throw out this software in order to
write custom functions in excell. If you are familiar with spybot s&d, would
you tell me how to change the settings so that these two pieces of software
may coexist.