>>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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>I just got a message that FireFox is doing the same thing:
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>Firefox.exe has tried to use OUTLOOK.EXE through OLE Automation, which can be used to hijack other application.
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>So what are all these browsers want my Outlook for?

Have you been trying to send an e-mail? If not, sounds like a virus.