isthismishugas@checkthatsite.org wrote:

> A poster on alt.comp.freeware mentioned this site:
>
> http://redcheek.net/erm/
>
> When I got there I noticed that a message in the bottom left hand
> screen of Firefox stated: "transferring data from 127.0.0.1".

That page contains the following link:

http://211.100.17.98/cgi-sys/Counter...k.net.dat&ft=4

The IP address 211.100.17.98 seems to have a questionable past.
Perhaps you are running some software (like Spybot SD?) that has
blocked that particular IP and replaced it with the local host. Are
you running a customized HOSTS file?