Quoted: I blocked 69.95.2.77 And I could not see anything from the ar15.com pic gallery I unblock it and I see avatars and pics from the ar15.com gallery why was the ar15.com ip trying to scan my computer ??? Rosebud.

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You could fill books with what I do not know about computers -- I am thinking maybe someone by accident or on purpose downloaded a pic with one of those J peg (whatever you call it) venerabilities into the gallery and it is doing whatever it does ???

Computer guys ---------- any thoughts.

Stick it in her ports and post picks.

Quoted: Stick it in her ports and post picks.

Why is it this type of  answer always comes with this join date ???
2004

Quoted: You could fill books with what I do not know about computers -- I am thinking maybe someone by accident or on purpose downloaded a pic with one of those J peg (whatever you call it) venerabilities into the gallery and it is doing whatever it does ??? Computer guys ---------- any thoughts.

I've already said that these are not port scans.  Anytime you visit a site you generate traffic that could be misinterpreted as a port scan.  The trick is becoming familiar enough with what you are doing on your computer to recognize non hostile hits from a concerted port scan.  

As to the jpeg issue, if you did view a compromised picture from a computer that had not been properly patched the traffic would not be from the source to you, it would be from you to a destination the hacker could access i.e. a computer he controls.  

By the way, if you are relying upon the firewall built into XP, it would not protect you from information leaking from your computer to another source.

thanks

Now I get it

edit : I think

Geez, if it bothers you so much I'll stop doing it.