[WEB4LIB] Annoying url request in web logs

[Eric Hellman]

This explains all:

http://wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Images/Favicon/index.html



>I'd be curious to find whether anyone knows what might be the source of a
>failed url request I've seen on a number of hosts. The request is for
>favicon.ico
>and is generally in the top level directory, such as
>gollygosh.org/favicon.ico
>
>The browser is usually Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
>but the IP address varies. Any clues?
>Thanks.
>-Brian
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>Brian Sheppard
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