EXHIBIT 10.9 PROMISSORY NOTE

                                  EXHIBIT 10.9

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

                                     BETWEEN

                           ARS NETWORKS, INCORPORATED
                                       AND
                                  XXXXX XXXXXXX


ARS Networks,  Incorporated ("ARS") Promises to re-pay to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx no later
than July 31, 2001 the sum of $100,000  Canadian Dollars loaned to ARS. Interest
shall be payable  monthly  at the rate of 8.5% per  annum.  ARS may repay all or
part of this note with accrued interest at any time without notice or bonus.

Agreed this 31st day of July 2000




Xxxxx Xxxxx, Chairman
ARS Networks, Incorporated




Xxxxx Xxxxxxx