Question about security

I tested my computer for spyware at this website. http://www.auditmypc.com . The test results said that my computer is not as secure as it should be because the security test was able to detect information about my computer, and that it needed to be updated with a security patch. The test results are posted below this paragraph.
[Quote]The majority of information you will see is made possible, not because of spyware, but because you are missing a security patch or do not have a patch management program.
Your IP Address 64*******  Your Notice! Your Private IP is ********* and unlike your
external IP of ********* this should be hidden!
Patch software found here & see our Internal IP page.  The Referring Site is http://www.auditmypc.com/  Your Browser is Safari on Mac  Java Enabled = Yes .
Free Spyware Removal instructions will appear below if spyware is found:
Below is the Raw Data that you give away every time you visit a web site. REMOTEADDR=****************** REMOTE_HOST=****************** REMOTE_USER= HTTP_USERAGENT=Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/417.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.9.2 HTTPX_FORWARDED_FOR= HTTP_REFERRER= HTTPREFERER=http://www.auditmypc.com/Name adl*****8[/Quote]
Is there a way (maybe via command terminal) to disable Macintosh computers from displaying information about the kind of operating system that I am using - web browser- IP address and so on without compromising system performance ? I am guessing that the best way to disable Un secure browsing would be to open the command terminal and use a Apple script or some type of code that would disable my IP address and everything else from being displayed on websites etc etc. I have tried using Safari’s built in private browsing feature but that method is like using an old proxy number, because when I use it, the computer crashes and lags so I am hoping that there is another alternative. Any advice about how to fix this problem would be appreciated.

Just one more thing. If you are worried about anybody getting access to your computer etc. Make sure you have a router and also turn on the MAC Firewall.
To turn on firewall protection on your computer:
Open System Preferences and click Sharing.
Click Firewall, and then click Start.
To block incoming traffic on ports used by one of the sharing services, disable that service in the Services pane.
You can't edit the firewall ports used by built-in services. They are enabled and disabled automatically when you turn the corresponding service on or off in the Services pane.
If you use iChat Bonjour, iTunes Music Sharing, or iPhoto Bonjour Sharing, make sure to allow those services in and out of your firewall. Turn on their services on the Firewall pane of Sharing preferences.
You should also block UDP traffic and enable Stealth Mode under advanced settings.
To set advanced firewall options:
Open System Preferences and click Sharing.
Click Firewall, and then click Advanced.
In addition to the firewall services in Sharing preferences, you can set additional, advanced firewall settings to further protect your computer. The advanced firewall features include:
Blocking UDP traffic UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a communications protocol that offers a limited amount of service when messages are exchanged between computers in a network that uses the Internet Protocol (IP). Like the Transmission Control Protocol, UDP uses the Internet Protocol to actually get a data unit (called a datagram) from one computer to another. Unlike TCP, UDP does not provide the service of dividing a message into packets (datagrams) and reassembling it at the other end. UDP is transaction oriented, and delivery and duplicate protection are not guaranteed. Blocking UDP traffic can help secure your computer.
Using firewall logging A firewall log is a record of the your computer's activity and the data traffic into and out of your computer through a firewall. Keeping a firewall log can be helpful if you are tracking where the data is coming from and where it is going.
Stealth mode When you enable stealth mode, all uninvited data traffic receives no response from your computer. Stealth mode virtually hides your computer behind your firewall, and other computers sending traffic to your computer receive no information about your computer.
However, as I mentioned before your browser info will always be out there.

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Okay, thanks for that, I will have a closer look on flushing the ram.
Sure, I care about security and privacy, but -- as you might expect -- the data I have are not really THAT sensitive/confidential/whatsoever. I've just gotten into it somehow and now I'm just curious/intrested in improving it for it's own sake more or less.

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Just a simple question really, I read on one of the forums here a question about running windows and apples mac os at the same time.
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