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ALWIL Antivirus 4 changes my POP3 and SMPT settings to 127.0.0.1 and also the names of my e-mail accounts are modified, so I cannot send any messages. What is wrong?

April 26, 2017alwil antivirus changes e-mail names pop3 settings smpt

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ALWIL Antivirus 4 changes my POP3 and SMPT settings to 127.0.0.1 and also the names of my e-mail accounts are modified, so I cannot send any messages. What is wrong?

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ALWIL Antivirus needs to change these settings, otherwise it couldn’t scan your e-mail messages. However, it shouldn’t cause any problems with sending or receiving messages.