More good news,
I contacted the Lorby's Addon Organiser Developer and the latest version (addonorganizer_1_55_b07.zip) has removed the autocorrect feature.
Here is a very helpful comment from the Lorby Addon Organiser (P4AO / P5AO) developer regarding the history:
"Hello Rhett,
Yes, that is a known issue. The latest version of P4AO doesn’t do that automated action anymore. If somebody or something are screwing up their addon references now, they will have to deal with them manually.
The core issue is, that you can’t install the Airbu