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Keeping info from websites

Started by JSMR1 , Jul 13 2011 05:43 AM

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JSMR1

Posted 13 July 2011 - 05:43 AM

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If I'm logging into a website they can obviously see my IP address. However are they also able to see details about my machine I'm using such as the netbios info?

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Neil Jones

Posted 13 July 2011 - 04:06 PM

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Potentially but providing the machine is on the latest service pack for your Windows (SP3 for XP, SP2 for Vista or SP1 for Windows 7) and has all the other updates you should be fine.
Some third party firewall software wouldn't be a bad idea either.