Are you trying to open from Explorer, or have you tried opening Excel and
opening directly from there using File/Open?

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
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"Joy" wrote in message
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I emailed a workbook to my home and downloaded it to desktop.The file went
through Norton and Macafee scans and not virus threat was detected. Excel
won't let me own it as it says"virus scan detected a problem". What virus
scan. I even manually scanned the file and nothing was detected.
Help, doe anyone have anything to share with me on this?