Did IE6 give out my e-mail address?

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Corey

I was surfing the web on my son's PC on which we just initiated him a
hotmail account the previous day. I was looking up the latest ads from Fred
Meyer which is a division of Kroger foods. I went to Fred Meyer's web site
and at no time did I enter my son's brand new e-mail address, but the very
next day my son gets an e-mail from Kroger foods telling him about their
latest sales. How did this happen and how can I stop it from happening
again?
 
I have had the same experience when I browsed Candian discount drug sites I
did not enter my email address on either of the websites. I received email
from both sites the next morning. My quess is that info saved using the
Content tab Auto Complete feature is the reason...a yet to be announced hole
in security.
I use IE6, with Sygate Pro Firewall.

Brian
 
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