[Aboat]

I like to read these VERY helpful forums. A world of wealth abound on these pages.
I am running Windows XP. I use eTrust Internet Security Suite,along with Windows Defender. As I am reading on some sights,I notice that some people list my IP address,what system Im running and even the type of browser I'm using.
I must not have my firewall configured correct,for this to happen. If someone is familiar with eTrust Personal Firewall, (I have used it for 2 years,apparently not very well) could you spare some advice as to why this happens and how to correct it. I know my way around my firewall, I'm just not sure what needs to be changed.
I hope this is a fair question to ask and I hope I posted it in the right Topic.

Thank-you.

Aboat

[bearone2]

who shows the ip/system info, are they test sites?

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by Aboat

I like to read these VERY helpful forums. A world of wealth abound on these pages.
I am running Windows XP. I use eTrust Internet Security Suite,along with Windows Defender. As I am reading on some sights,I notice that some people list my IP address,what system Im running and even the type of browser I'm using.
I must not have my firewall configured correct,for this to happen. If someone is familiar with eTrust Personal Firewall, (I have used it for 2 years,apparently not very well) could you spare some advice as to why this happens and how to correct it. I know my way around my firewall, I'm just not sure what needs to be changed.
I hope this is a fair question to ask and I hope I posted it in the right Topic.
Thank-you.
Aboat

Hi Aboat,

Its not your firewall, but most likely your browser, and not only that, but if your ip address was not at least available at the first outbound website (even if you are surfing anonymously), then no website would know how to contact you back - so, the ip address is essential for Internet communication.

If you want to see everything transmitted by your browser, visit the website BrowserSpy and run thru their various tests - and, I recommend making a subfolder on your computer to save the webpages generated between your browser accessing each test. The website is on the up-and-up so it is safe to run the tests between your computer and the website:
http://gemal.dk/browserspy/ Run the tests with all of the browsers you use to compare the differences (each set of results saved in a different folder) - you can run CSdiff tool to compare the differences against each folder (which will compare each file by the same name in the different folders - recommend naming based on test name.

Here are some other tests you can run along the same or slightly different line:
PC Flank's Tests: http://www.pcflank.com/about.htm
Browser Security Tests: http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/

Another reason the websites you have visited have echoed the data you have seen is possibly because you may not have sufficient control set over either ActiveX for IE, or JavaScript for Firefox - at least this is my hypothesis, but I could be wrong. For Firefox, I recommend using the NoScript extension where when you visit a website for the first time with NoScript, you can choose to allow JavaScript if it is a trusted website, or temporarily allow it or just don't allow it (don't respond). ActiveX exploits are still out there and you can run the Parasite test - check for posts in the Tips and Tricks subforum here at TSG. Ref thread: Tip: Test IE w/ActiveX for Parasites here.

-- Tom

[Aboat]

I have an eMachine W3052 and I go to eMachine forum.They read me there and this morning I was At thatcomputerguy.us and they could also. Leak-Test /Shields-up also could see me. The last 2 are test sites....

[Aboat]

Thank-you very much Tom. I understand what you suggest,and I'm on it!

Aboat

[bearone2]

Originally Posted by Aboat

I have an eMachine W3052 and I go to eMachine forum.They read me there and this morning I was At thatcomputerguy.us and they could also. Leak-Test /Shields-up also could see me. The last 2 are test sites....

i run behind a router and when i do the test at grc or symantec they see me and i don't see it as a problem.

put up the emachine forum address and i'll see if they see me.

[Aboat]

Here it is ... http://s2.************.com/emachineupgraders/index.php

[bearone2]

link's no good

[Aboat]

I don't know why it did that. Where the *********** should have said " ************" no quote.

Put in where the astricks are. That is the complete addy..


Aboat

[brendandonhu]

Site has been banned from TSG...you can't post the address with or without a quote on the end.
Its invisionfre e.com