Thanks for the info. I'll try to refine my question a little better. There are some sites I visit that knows my ip address, what browser I using, certain programs on my pc, last site I visited, and so on. How can I stop this from happening? -----Original Message----- From: "Ron Allen" <chizotz@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:41:47 To:1stpickpchelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [1stPickPCHelp] Re: Zonealarm pro >Hello. Using the lastest version of ZApro, is there a setting with this >firewall or does this firewall support blocking the transmission of >personal information? > >Also, are there any other programs that does this? Thanks. (WinME OS) Hello Donald, Firewalls do not block transmission of specific information. That just isn't what a firewall does. The firewall doesn't care what information is received or transmitted, it only cares if the transmission is allowed through or not according to the rules that are set up for it. In the case of ZoneAlarm Pro, the functionality of the firewall has been added to so that it can be set to block specific things such as pop-up ads and cookies. You can block the transmission of some personal information by blocking cookies, but that won't stop it all. I am not aware of any software that does specifically what you're asking for, assuming by personal information you mean things like name, address, phone number, social security number, credit card numbers, etc. You have to enter those things into various programs if you want to use them, or on various web sites if you want to do business with them. When you do that, you don't want the data blocked. What you're looking for, if I understand the question, is something that will keep that kind of data from being transmitted without your knowledge. The only way I know of to do that is to be keenly aware of what programs you have entered that kind of data into on your computer, and then not allowing those programs access to the Internet through your firewall without alerting you. You also need to be mindful of the many ways that Trojans can get on your system so that no hacker can get access to data stored on your machine that way. Never, ever transmit personal data via email and n ever over a non-secure connection.. If you maintain a reasonable level of routine security (properly configured firewall, up to date anti-virus, up to date anti-Trojan) and follow safe computing practices, your data should remain pretty private. HTH, Ron ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~