I'm sorry but you have missed the point ... the spambots have nothing to do with Outlook Express ... I have explained above why the Internet Mail provider cannot detect spambots in a Win98 system.
You need the Internet Mail provider only if you actually use Outlook Express to receive or send emails (or as a news client).
I haven't missed the point, my Outlook Express Email Client has as I have stated previously been modified my the Avast wizard, so proxies have been set.
The MS Outlook Exchange plugin takes care of the MS Outlook default Email Client.
So please tell me how a spambot can work undetected on any of my email clients regardless of it being on Windows 98, as per your quote below......
So the Internet Mail provider is useless for Win9x users except when used with specific clients that have been modified by the Mail wizard to have proxies set.
So a specific client such as Outlook Express has been modified by the mail wizard as per your quote above, so surely, as in my case this is acceptable for any spambot attempt is it not?