Sadly it seems some of the 'security' companies are again dabbling in spyware! http://www.securitycadets.com/2008/05/comodo-disappointment/ "Comodo has joined the company of Zone Labs and Webroot of including the Ask Toolbar pre-checked for installation with Comodo Firewall 3.0.23.364. Comodo’s installation of the Ask Toolbar is under the guise of the Comodo SafeSurf toolbar." the toolbar is *not* a safe add on http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/askcoms-privacy.html http://vistabookmarks.blogspot.com/2007/03/windows-vista-compatible-firewalls.html karl