>>>I already installed FireFox and use it for the most of browsing. But once in a while I still use IE6 and would like to know what is this deal between IE and Outlook.
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>>>>I dunno, but get rid of IE6. It has more holes that you can imagine.
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>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>Quite often the COMODO Firewall reports that IE (ver 6.0) is trying to use Outlook via Office Automation. I was wondering, what kind of things IE could be doing via Outlook?
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>>>>>TIA.
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>>Could it be that your email preference is set to Outlook? Or are you complaining because IE6 calls outlook by itself?
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>Yes, email preference is set to Outlook. And you are right, I would like to know why IE calls Outlook by itself? That is, what is the reason that IE needs to connect to Outlook? Unless this is some kind of a spyware or something of that nature.

It may just be IE6, which has bugs that may be causing the trouble. Download IE8 and install it to see if Outlook is still called by Internet Explorer.