| Help, Flamer giving me grief Quick question to you experts out there. I post on a forum for immigration quite frequently and got into a flame war with some geezer. Somehow on one of his posts he had what looked like a Java program running that was displaying my IP, OS and ISP to the rest of the forum. I use a firewall so the chances of him getting this info from a scan would be impossible, plus he would need my IP in order to do a scan, can you get IPs from peoples postings on forums such as this.
So if you cant then it leads me to believe that he must of been running some script in his post in order to get it, a bit like gmc.com. Would this show the IP of who ever saw the message {there IP} or do you think that a script could be altered to just show my IP.
This was the site where he showed the IP
»britishexpats.com/forum/forumdis···rumid=56
I would be interested to find out how he did it.
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| It's just a browser trick. Everyone sees their own IP, OS, and ISP info. Don't worry about it...nobody sees yours except yourself.  |
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
3 edits | You mean this kind of elite hack?
The URL in this case is »www.danasoft.com/
It is harmless. Only YOU can see YOUR OWN Information in that image ! Really.
Edit: To expand on this, most web browsers display ALL that information as a matter of course to EVERY web site you visit. It's passed in the http headers as soon as your browser starts talking, originally so that the web site might better customize the content for your browser. And of course everything you contact on the Internet has your IP address, and doing a reverse look-up of your ISP is easy based on that.
There are browser settings and third-party utilities that can suppress most of this http "referrer" information, but nothing can stop your IP address, except a third-party proxy. And as noted, it doesn't matter in this case, since no one else saw your information.
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 61999674Gotta Do What Ya Gotta DoPremium
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1 edit | reply to phil121
It is just like the old trick from some security software companies >> hey we(and anyone else) can see this on your HD >> what they don't tell you is YOU are the only one that can see the info. All this aside >> knowing your IP# in and of itself is meaningless >> unless you have something on your system to connect to its like knowing your phone number and you don't have a phone connected. >>
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| scare tactics said by 61999674:
It is just like the old trick from some security software companies ...
I assume you mean notorious, scare tactic companies like this one ...
»www.evidence-eliminator.com/product.d2w
with their Urgent News Flash ...
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 dpPremium,MVM
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Greensburg, PA
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1 edit | reply to phil121
Re: Help, Flamer giving me grief As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 | said by dp:
As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
You'll find that file:///c:/ is more compatible, although I can't get it clickable here...
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dpPremium,MVM
join:2000-12-08
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kudos:7 | said by B:
said by dp:
As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
You'll find that file:///c:/ is more compatible, although I can't get it clickable here...
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That's how it shows in IE (file:///c:/) but you're correct, it's not a clickable link for Mozilla/Firefox.
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 novaflareThe Dragon Was HerePremium
join:2002-01-24
Barberton, OH | reply to B
said by B:
said by dp:
As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
You'll find that file:///c:/ is more compatible, although I can't get it clickable here...
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heheh
I made up a html file years ago with that and set it as my active desk top on windows 98. Was prety cool realy.
There are lots of little tricks like the one above. This ip in a sig is no different.
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novaflareThe Dragon Was HerePremium
join:2002-01-24
Barberton, OH | reply to dp
said by dp:
said by B:
said by dp:
As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
You'll find that file:///c:/ is more compatible, although I can't get it clickable here...
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That's how it shows in IE (file:///c:/) but you're correct, it's not a clickable link for Mozilla/Firefox.
its clickable in firebird
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 hpguruCurb Your DogmaPremium
join:2002-04-12 | reply to dp
said by dp:
said by B:
said by dp:
As others have stated, nothing to worry about. Only you can see it. Another example: Lets have a look at your C Drive root directory
You'll find that file:///c:/ is more compatible, although I can't get it clickable here...
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That's how it shows in IE (file:///c:/) but you're correct, it's not a clickable link for Mozilla/Firefox.
Hmmm... It isn't clickable in IE6 either. Probably my Internet Zone settings but I haven't changed those in a while but I remember such links being clickable in IE.
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BPremium,MVM
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Hmm, looks as if dp changed it -- before I got a popup something when dp linked to c:\ saying "c is not a registered protocol", but now I just get nothing when I click on dp's file:///c:/ . So two different URL's at play here.
To the people IM'ing me -- READ THE THREAD PLEASE. No one can see YOUR information but YOU! Each person sees a CUSTOM image containing ONLY his or her OWN information!
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dpPremium,MVM
join:2000-12-08
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kudos:7 | said by B:
Hmm, looks as if dp changed it -- before I got a popup something when dp linked to c:\ saying "c is not a registered protocol", but now I just get nothing when I click on dp's file:///c:/ . So two different URL's at play here.
;) yes, I changed it from {c:\} to {file://c/} but when it was C:\ I too got the 'c is not a registered protocal' in Firefox but after the change, nothing.
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said by B:
Hmm, looks as if dp changed it -- before I got a popup something when dp linked to c:\ saying "c is not a registered protocol", but now I just get nothing when I click on dp's file:///c:/ . So two different URL's at play here.
To the people IM'ing me -- READ THE THREAD PLEASE. No one can see YOUR information but YOU! Each person sees a CUSTOM image containing ONLY his or her OWN information!
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Oh, No, Now my computer has been hacked too.
 How'd you get my IP address?  and my OS and browser too, I'm going to reformat my computer now. |
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Thanks alot. Thats what I originally thought, had to be sure.
Cheers for the link, that was the program that he used. |
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 EGeezerSummertimePremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
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said by phil121:
I post on a forum for immigration quite frequently and got into a flame war with some geezer.
Hey, watch it guys - it wasn't me!!!!
EG
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 |
I know. They'd never let your through Ellis Island with that hat on.
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61999674Gotta Do What Ya Gotta DoPremium
join:2000-09-02
Here
kudos:1 | reply to BrettStarr
Re: scare tactics Yep, you got the idea..... |
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 mattmagPremium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-04-09
NW Illinois
kudos:3 | reply to Outsourced1
Re: Help, Flamer giving me grief said by Outsourced1:
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How'd you get my IP address? and my OS and browser too, I'm going to reformat my computer now.
No no, it's past that. Throw it away and buy a new one, that virus can never be cleaned!!!
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 the_w0p
join:2002-12-01
Davenport, IA | I made the same mistake, only for real, and thought B had hacked my PC, it was probably the stupidest thing I've done since I became am member here!!! I hope I can crawl back into my hole gracefully and learn how to breathe dirt, 'cause I'm buryin' my head in the ground!!!:D
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