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   candycanearter07 to R.Wieser   
   Re: My IP address is visible. ..........   
   28 Feb 24 19:55:08   
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   R.Wieser  wrote at 18:32 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   > candycanearter07,   
   >   
   >> Isn't AVG kinda infamous for this kind of thing?   
   >   
   > I wouldn't know, I can't remember having ever used it.   
   >   
   >> Not to mention that there's multiple kinds of ip's   
   >> (local 192.168*/127.* and public ip).   
   >   
   > And that a PC will spew all kinds of IP related data on a LAN just to let   
   > others on it know its there.   
      
   Huh, I didn't know it broadcasted an IP.   
      
   >> Vaugeness really makes you assume the worst here.   
   >   
   > Yep.  Hence my FUD remark. :-)   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
      
   Yea, stuff like that drives me crazy sometimes.   
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