IP checking in the internet and problems?

From: paula (paula22ng@yahoo.com)
Date: 08/17/02 

From: "paula" <paula22ng@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:20:40 -0700

Hi,

Since I didn't know much about computer and didn't know
my computer IP and I wanted to see if my IP was static or
changed, I went to some internet IP checking websites to
check mine for several times. They could display my IP
and domain name.

Can anyone tell me is there any security problems to
check the IP on the internet? If they can know my IP and
domain name, can they also know other system information
about my computer? Can they even read my files and
folders? I had checked several times before, how can I
know now that if my computer have security problems or
not after the checking?

Thanks in advance.

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