Word crashes when click on 'save as'

When I try to save a new document in Word, Excel and Applescript the programs crash. Do I have a virus? iMac has been performing fine for over 12 months. Did a software upgrade yesterday and since restart have had these problems.
Brendan

If you did the Security Update a day or two ago it's likely that's the problem. It caused issues with older PowerPC apps, rendering some non-functional. There is a new replacement download which apparently fixes it:
Security Update 2012-001 (Snow Leopard)
Here's a thread with similar problems - good news is the updated download seems to fix it:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3707643?tstart=30

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