Okay, this is getting frustrating and confusing! When I turned off the email protection, I used the Mail Protection Wizard to disable it. (However, can't remember if OE was running or not when I did so. I don't think it was, but not certain.) Now... I can't find the Mail Protection Wizard! It just isn't there, anywhere. I even uninstalled Avast, and reinstalled to try starting over again. Only got the MPW during the installation process. But still no Mail Protection Wizard after installation. I've tried finding it with OE running and without it running. No MPW.
All I can do now is either pause or stop the provider.
Next advice: ashMaiSv.exe does run when checking for new emails, but I don't think it runs at any other time. I also checked the C:\Program Files\ALWIL Software\Avast4\Data\log\aswMaiSv.log, but there were no "error" entries.
And Avast still changes my settings.
Not only does it change the settings for my regular ISP email accounts, it changes my other email accounts as well. I need access to these accounts from home for work purposes.