Strange ip 64.19.142.10 appended to image tags

[wowow]

Hi,

I'm puzzled by this appending of IP to the image urls of certain sites I visited, typically hosted in the US.

Instead of "http://yourwebsite/images/logo.jpg", I'm seeing "http://64.19.142.10/yourwebsite/images/logo.jpg" in the source code of the webpage (for all the image tags).

What's happening here? It seems I'm not alone in experiencing this problem. A few people had raised this issue:

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=142980.0

http://www.talkarcades.com/lounge/15...ge-ip-url.html

http://blog.mozilla.org/rob-sayre/20...n-web-content/

If the server at 64.19.142.10 could modify the image urls, I assume it can do other more harmful stuff too. Am I right?

Has anyone experienced the above?

Please enlighten me

[logic_earth]

Obviously is has something to do with mobile networks like T-Mobile, Verizon etc. Are you connected to the internet via their networks?

[wowow]

No, I'm based in Singapore and I'm using mobile broadband from a Singapore ISP.

Another thing I forgot to mention earlier is that it happened when I used Firefox, Chrome and IE. I tried Opera and went to the same sites, the image urls were normal.

I then ran CCleaner and rebooted my computer, the problem went away for the three browsers.

Could it be some kind of malware?

[logic_earth]

You are using mobile broadband that is it right there. I used T-Mobile, Verizon as examples because I'm an American and I only know of American companies....Plus I had no idea where you be in the world.

[wowow]

Thanks, logic_earth.

But I'm curious why it didn't happen when I used Opera - before I ran CCleaner.

You don't think it's something to lose sleep over?