[jasonr]

Hi there.

I recently used a computer I own to visit a website where I provide admin. When just having a look through the logs, stats and ip's etc I came across an IP my service provider gives for the connection I use. I recall the search I made and the pages visited, it even shows my OS and it's version so I'm pretty sure it the computer I was using, BUT, looking further at the stats it shows that my computer is in a different country the one I'm in and even shows a city within that country.

There's no way I would have specified this other country as my own in the installing of the OS (I can't speak the language) and it's not something I've previously noticed.

It this something I need to be very concerned about, some simple error in the stats (I'll visit again to checking) or maybe a mistake recognising the IP?

In any case, should I do something and what should it be?

Thanks

Jason

[karbo]

Could it have been behind a proxy? But, I'm not quite sure what you are talking about. Are you the Administrator of a group of users? Was this some user's computer? Are you checking on the websites he has visited? Like I wrote, by using a proxy server (which come from all over the world) you would see the IP address of the server, its service provider and its country (even the city).

[jasonr]

I have a computer. I have a website. The two are separate. To view the website I would browse the web to visit just like anyone else.

I am a home user, I have no proxy connection and the "country of origin" is from someone who has visted the website, which happens to be me, because I recognise the IP address as one that my ISP uses and is registared correctly and verified with whois and the website statistics also show other information to verify it's my computer visiting the website. The computer is physically under my control. It just happens to be that the conutry of origin (of me the website visitor) is a place I don't live, never have and am probably never likely too is shown in the website logs.

My concern is that as the statistics of a website I've visited show that my computer is in another country. I'm concerned my computer has been hijacked in someway. The website is not my concern and was just how I noticed the information my computer/OS/Browser was giving out.

Jason

[karbo]

Ok, I understand better now. But, I couldn't say if you've been hijacked. Possibly a temporary whois error.

[Goku]

Hello Jason. You don't need to worry too much about it because as Karbo says, you might be using a proxy. There are plenty of softwares which allow you to display the user's IP address and other general information. One such software provider is Danasoft. If it still says that you are in some other country, then don't worry to much about it because you are certainly using a proxy.

By the way, you are really lucky, if it displays the wrong information because then no one can track your habits or identify you on the internet.

-- Goku