Strange Avast message; can someone please explain meaning of it?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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For CraigB

 [b]I appreciate the additional info![/b]  I actually would prefer NOT to have to do an uninstall/re-install, since the particular message I mentioned in my first post has only appeared a couple of other times in the time I've had Avast free installed.  I think you are probably correct that it may indeed just be a transitory glitch.

Thanks again for the help!

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No worries, just a thought! if you dont use outlook then why not delet it, your choice :wink:

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If you absolutely aren’t using MS Outlook, then you can uncheck the Outlook options in the Mail-Shield, Expert Settings, Behavior, MS Outlook only section. Then open the MS Outlook, and disable the avast plug-in.

You didn’t mention which version of Outlook is on your system (part of MS Office), so here is one to check:
Outlook 2007 > Tools > Trust center > Add-ins >

If you have a different version then you will have to check the help file.

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Thanks very much CraigB and DavidR for the additional info!

 Sorry I neglected to mention what version of Outlook I have.  It is Outlook 2003.

Best regards! :slight_smile:

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Very funny… :o ::slight_smile: ;D

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Since the comment says “I do not use Outlook (at least not that I’m aware of)” and not I don’t have Outlook, it isn’t so strange/funny.

MS Outlook comes with MS Orifice and may well be started automatically due to settings in MS Orifice.

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Well, I still find it kind of funny…