IE and Your Web Site's Privacy

Web site administrators typically use FTP to move files from their computer up to their Web site, and vice versa. Most people probably use more full-featured, third-party FTP software to do this, but Microsoft Windows also includes its own built-in FTP functionality.

The problem is that if you FTP to your target site, open a Web page file (one that ends in ".html" for example) in IE6 and then save that file onto your computer, the browser will embed your FTP user name and password into the saved file.

Read the article HERE.