How does this differ from a web browsers cache? Oh no! IE stores every site you go to, look out! It can be used by the same people for the same reasons. Oh, thats deletable isnt it? So whats stopping MS from making IE call home every 5 minutes with the info? There goes that delete fnction down the drain. MS has had a 7 year opportunity to do what all these newfangled "spyware" applications are trying so hard to do, yet they never have. Cherokee69, your story is 100% false. Soulhuntre, great post. leather-guy, do you also block ZoneAlarm itself from accessing the net every time it starts? Yes, like the other apps you mentioned, ZA also likes to call home and check for software updates when it starts.