little wood signs in signatures

Discussion in 'AfterDawn feedback & suggestions' started by pmaknelho, Oct 11, 2005.

  1. pmaknelho

    pmaknelho Regular member

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    What's up with these little signs in peoples signature? They tell me my IP address, ISP, operating system. Does this mean my CPU is not as safe as it should be? I got a little worried(maybe this is me being a noob) when one of the signs said your CPU info has been sent to fbi.gov, then one from the same person on a different thread said "now your CPU has been infected with the Worm32.vir" Is someone playing a cruel joke or is this possible?

    P.S. By the way, this is the best website ever. Thanks to all you guys/girls for helping everyone out. The more I learn the more I try to help others. thanks
     
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    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    yup =)

    lol you have been had. fell for it hook, line & sinker! those supposed 'virus alert boxes' are just .gif images ;) (sorry about the teasing :)

    welcome to afterdawn =)
     
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  3. pmaknelho

    pmaknelho Regular member

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    thanks Lethal, I figured the afterdawn people wouldn't allow something like this, but how does it read my IP address, operating system, and ISP?
     
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  4. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    only you see your ip address with that program, not anybody else.
     
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  5. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    Your browser passes that information when it loads the image. Its how the Internet works -- the picture is hosted on some server and your browser has to retrieve it there, thus it has to tell its IP address and the picture is then simply generated on-the-fly and shows the IP address and other data available in your browser's information string in it. Thus, the picture is unique for eveyrbody who loads it and relates to their IP address and their browser infos.
     
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  6. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    try this site - https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 - it's pretty good, gives a good heads up as to how secure your connection is...
     
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  7. pmaknelho

    pmaknelho Regular member

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    thanks everyone

    @creaky I tested my computer and everything seems to be protected in "stealth mode" I was also looking at the LeakTest firewall. Do ya think I need it?
     
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    it's been a long time since i looked at that, up to you..
     
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