Thanks Carol. It's interesting to compare notes.
To answer your question, I use both FF and IE6 (I'm wary of IE7 which seems buggy), and I had SA running on both. I guess it was the SA within IE which caused the problem, since IE is apparently linked (deep in the Registry!) to Outlook Express. But when I uninstalled SA, I cleaned it out completely using Uninstall and the special McAfee Removal Tool.
Like you, I preferred SA because it provided useful detail about dodgy sites.
Like you I'm now trying TP (in both FF and IE6). Better than nothing, and it doesn't interfere with Outook Express.
But I too would like to go back to SA when/if McAfee produces a revised version which addresses, and solves, "The OE Problem". Since they now have as much information and user feedback as they need, and a clear pointer to the source of the problem (the Sept update) it surely can't be that hard to identify and resolve it. What's holding them back?
br1anstorm