Just browsing to a web site does not give out your E-mail address.

Think about it.
If that were true, every pop-up window would also be stealing your E-mail.
We have bad spam now, but that would mean Gator and doubleclick would rule
the world.

You can browse the web all you want and if you keep Spyware off your
computer, and aren't running IE3.02 or something, then you will be fine.

Nate


"User1532" <User1532@comcash.net> wrote in message
news:QLWlb.4721$9E1.24756@attbi_s52...
> 10/23/03
>
>
> I've noticed that if I visit certain web sites I will get SPAM related to
> their content. soon afterward This happens whenever I look at discount
drug
> sites, ie Canadian Pharmacies offering cheaper prescription drugs to US
> customers, and sites selling supplements. I have never registered at any
of
> these sites or given one my email address. I use IE 6 with Active X set to
> prompt. I'd pass this off as coincidence but it happens every time. Last
> night I looked at one Canadian discounters site following a link in a
story
> on a local TV channel's website. This morning I received four ads for
> discount Canadian drugs. My email address is beday@greedybroadbandisp.com,
> these came addressed to bedavis.
>
> I have the preview window disabled in Outlook and blocked sender for each
> message, deleting them all unopened. What's going on? BHO's being
installed
> by the numerous popups I received and closed reading my email address from
> the registry of another configuration file? I ran Adaware as I was closing
> down last night. It found about a dozen cookies with perhaps four data
> miners. I use Adaware and Spybot S & D regularly. My firewall is Sygate
Pro
> 5.1.
>
>
> Not As Anonymous As I Think.
>
>
> TIA
>
>