Geez Im a fool..

I didn't think Spybot blocked cookies?
In its default state it blocks jack ****..
with all componebts activated it may block registry change attempts and certainly reduce some ActiveX attacks.. but as a prevenitive .. never relied on it with IE.. and only used it as a clean up after the fact..

And as pointed out.. FF is different to IE.. if you visiot the same pages in either browser the effect from the spyware WILL be different..