rhettman5,
Ya they can get a lot of info on you.
The firewall does not stop things like the
http://privacy.net/Traced/ either because you ok your Browser to get online. I mean you have too or you would see anything right.
There is good it it because they can make it so web page adjust for Netscape, I.E., your color and monitor setting.
Like this site fills the screen on my 1024x768 monitor. This sites adjusts to your setting but not all sites do that. There are a lot of site that have only one window setting and you have to scroll from side to side.
I do watch what I download. Learn that long ago.
Only ever download one Spyware back before I even knew what it was and that was Comet Curser.
My virus dat are up to date and the back ups are made.

Never used them but if they are ever needed I will have them.
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