Outlook Express email connection substitution??

[Michael DePoy]

This is strange I think it a virus but not sure.
Any how the pop3 account is being overwritten as local
area host. then the pop3 name is appended to the account
name.
the result is POP3 now = localhost
with account name = (e-mail address removed)/mail.company.com

Is this a new virus attack? Very ineffective for it shuts
down internet access.
If anyone knows how to correct this drop me a line.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

That's an addin or third party app, most likely - antivirus, antispam,
something. Not OE.

Note also that OE questions are best asked in OE groups:

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/