>>>>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>I actually tried to install IE8 on this computer but IE8 wanted to install some Win updates and I was reluctant to let it. I am concerned that the Win XP updates that MS suggested may have some side effect problems. I will probably just stick with FireFox on this PC. Thank you.
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>Okay, but Firefox may have made a change to IE.
If you mean as far as IE trying to use Outlook, I don't think so. IE6 has been trying to connect to Outlook even before FireFox was installed on this PC.
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