shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 right... i was googling and i got thru to some random site and so forth until there was this one site that went "ip and location recorded... member fraud... action will be taken" what the poop? :o i'm in the uk... can they take "action" or whatever they do here as well?? coz i think it was a canada-based site... is there such thing as "international" internet law ? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastGodSupreme Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 The canadians are comming!!! Game over man!!! (what site were you on? this one?) Rave party!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 no i am serious :| here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoeba Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Porn can do that to you. Unless your doing something outright malicious, you're fine. Even then it's pretty sketchy what they can do to ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastGodSupreme Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 no i am serious :| here.... You didn't answer my question. What site? Or was it some naughty porn site you hacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 well, it was a naughty porn site.... but i was mindlessly led there... not hacked... :| is there actually anything they can do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerofsweden Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 nope its just some lameasses trying to scare you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugg3t Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 its complete bs. its just a ruse to get you to press on ok so they can install some **** on your computer. never press ok, just close the window and ejoy the pr0n ;) :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 yes, but it looked pretty serious... it was all.. legal looking, and said that I have to join so they dont take action... and i could see my ip on the screen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alero Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 yes, but it looked pretty serious... it was all.. legal looking, and said that I have to join so they dont take action... and i could see my ip on the screen.. I'm pretty sure your fine.. Its just dirty tactics to get you to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted January 11, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 11, 2004 relax.. it means nothing. you think you are the first one they recorded the IP address of? bah! but they got you scared - thats what they wanted.. to stop you from trying this again ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 i hope you are right... i have a bliming exam tomorrow... i am so tense.. btw, is there some sort of firewall that stops anyone simply detecting my ip.. or is that too essential?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR7 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 they dont even record it. its just some popup or advertisement to scare you into installing something or buying something. Edit: no theres no way to block them from getting your ip. Unless you're behind a NAT and you dont have your own ip but a lot of people would have it.....so they couldnt identify you. anyways, its a stupid prank from some sites. any site you visit can get your ip thru server variables, but thats nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 ZoneAlarm Pro can mask your ip address i think... You'll tell us if you get a follow-up legal letter won't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 follow-up legal letter?!?!? aaah... well, it wasnt a pop-up ... something like "fraudlent" access.. all i did was click a link :( btw... for some reason my ip comes up to be "Dublin" on this ip address locator... are they so unacurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 It would show up as Dublin if you're going through a server in Dublin... You're in the UK yea? Use a proxy? Use an irish ISP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty_xiii Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 london, tiscali :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollog Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Dunno what to tell you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 11, 2004 Ok, here is a bit on IPs and how they are used... How your side works Your ISP assigns your "computer" a unique IP from a range of IPs that it has been assigned control over. Your "computer" can be a router/firewall/PC/whatever. It is the single device that your IP talks to. Your 'device' accepts the IP given (if it didn't, it could not talk online). In the case of a router/firewall type system, it independantly assigns IPs to any device you connect to it (these IPs are almost always in the range of 192.168.x.x, which are reserved just for this type of use!). How the remote side works Any webserver will accept traffic on port 80 (the http port). In order to communicate back, it must know who you are, to send data to you. It will use the IP assigned to you by your ISP. (if you have a router, it will correctly re-route the data to your PC, via the 198.162.x.x IP) It is not a great trick for the remote site to display the data that is in the http header back to you. It includes your IP (obviously), your OS, your browser info, among other things. It looks up who owns your IP to determine the City of the registered owner through a "whois" query. Unscrupulous people prey on those who do not know these things, and frighten people into paying for services that are useless! You cannot change your IP (or, more correctly, if you did, you would stop communicating - as your ISP would not have authorized your new IP to talk). It's like the link to file:///c that allegedly shows how I can see your files! :no:[ (cut and paste it into your browser, as Neowin won't let me put the link correctly here) (P.S. Only works for Windows users) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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