[privoxy-users] [ ijbswa-Support Requests-1414005 ] web bugs and trojans

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Support Requests item #1414005, was opened at 2006-01-24 11:52
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Category: other
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: web bugs and trojans

Initial Comment:
I am a domestic violence victim. My abuser has 
repeatedly infected my computer with trojans. Does 
using TOR and Privoxy preclude web bugs and trojans 
from infecting my computer when I go to web sites? If 
not, then the web bug or trojan can read my IP address 
and my word files the next time I log onto the 
internet. This would foil privacy.

How to prevent web bugs from infecting my computer? 
The anti trojan programs I use seem to only be able to 
detect and remove them after they infect my computer. 
They don't prevent the infection. They don't prevent 
my abuser from ascertaining my IP address the next 
time I log on.

An other website had a link to show what a website can 
read. It stated: "your internal ip address if you use 
a proxy." If this is true, using proxies would not 
provide privacy. Can websites read through a proxy to 
the user's real ip address?

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