>>>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.

Well, I have IE8 and outlook on my computer and I installed the windows updates that came with it and everything is running fine for me. Good luck.