"Already Pinged" WTF?

[Tony5150RN]

When I quote a post I occasionally see something like this at the bottom:

Already pinged:
wayne.orvik@comcast.net


What does it mean??

[gnwhite]

Sounds like submarine warfare jargon or something.

[Sun Fusion Cruiser]

That dude is listed on the bottom of the pitbabes thread or the beatiful ladies *Cough, HOT CHICKS, Cough* thread.

[carlgcs]

I would up date my virus program and run a full scan if I were you

[alas.babylon]

You must Pong grasshopper.

[MichEE]

Tony5150RN previously said:

When I quote a post I occasionally see something like this at the bottom:

Already pinged:
wayne.orvik@comcast.net


What does it mean??

PING (Packet Inter Network Groper) is a communication tool used to diagnose network and internet problems. Someone sends you a PING and your computer (if so configured) automatically sends a reply. Sometimes viruses send this out trying to find "hosts."

Not sure why it shows up at the bottom of your screen or who wayne orvic is but if you are running Windows XP SP1 it is defaulted to not honor PING requests.

Running a virus scan may help but if you have altered your default network settings or are running something other than XP SP1 then I'm not sure.

[Fjamming]

Did you use the "link back" function accidentally? I think I did that once and it said something thing about pings too.