Thanks so much for your input.. but they are not bothering  me.  I remember 
one time.. and I griped about this too.. Normally when you  get a new 
computer... the envelopes your CD's come in are sealed with a bar code  on the sealed 
part.. but I remember this so vividly.. that this one was not  sealed at all.. 
it was just stuck in an envelope with no bar code or  anything.. so that may 
be what you are referring to.. Cause when I looked in  there again to day.. 
there were mountains of firewalls and antiviruses.. and I  haven't put a one in 
there.. Now.. I know aol furnishes McAfee.. but Im just not  sure about this 
other ISP... They may have Nortons.. but some of them in there  were not either 
Nortons or McAfee.  Some I never even heard of.  So I  think when they shipped 
this computer.. they just copied the CD from THEIR own  computer and it 
naturally had all that stuff on it. That's probably why I have  all of them 
listed.. there are about 10 or 12 of them.   All firewalls  and Antiviruses.. 
 
No.. they are not bothering me.. I don't have any problems with  it.. so I 
will do as you suggested and leave them alone. Thanks to everyone for  all their 
input on this subject. I do appreciate it.  
 
Harriet

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