Errors in access.log - Need advice!

[razorbladesmile]

Well, I've managed to get my copy of abyss web server up and running well (with dynamic dns service supplied by dnsexit.com), i've got an ftp server up and running successfully (cereberus ftp server), and i've also got a mail server up and running without a hitch! Lucky me! :)

Now, here's the dumb part that I hate: I keep getting errors in the abyss web server stats page and when i go to access.log to check them out, they're a bunch of 404 and 234(?) errors!

I had this toolbar installed on my firefox browser called 'stumble upon'. You could press a button on it to view a random site in your desired category, and you could vote on the site. I recently uninstalled this toolbar, but for some reason all of the errors in my access.log file are like this:

70.23.227.84 - - [28/Apr/2005:05:40:14 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1281 "" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 StumbleUpon/1.9995"

70.23.227.84 - - [28/Apr/2005:05:40:14 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 234 "" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 StumbleUpon/1.9995"

This happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I view any web page on my server! The ERROR HITS number increments by 1 or 2 errors! Please help me figure out what to do!

I've scanned for spyware/adware with both AdAware and Spybot and I got it all. Why is this happening? :(
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Razor

[TRUSTAbyss]

This is probably errors when you had the toolbar installed , today is 4/29/05 so
thats yesturday's news. You should shut down abyss and clear your log. LateR!

Note: The browser checks for a favicon.ico to display an icon by your website so
if you don't have this file , the web server will log favicon.ico as a 404 error. :-)

Sincerely , TRUSTpunk

[razorbladesmile]

I went over to the Stumble Upon website and read the FAQ. Could what I pasted below be the reason why I'm getting the errors in my access.log?


Q. Why is there stumbleupon in my useragent string?
A. The toolbar adds the StumbleUpon version to your useragent string so we can track and fix problems upgrading between different versions of StumbleUpon. You can turn off this feature by selecting Toolbar Options from your toolbar menu

I've already uninstalled this toolbar, so this shouldn't be happening!
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Razor

[TRUSTAbyss]

Yes , thats exactly whats happening , install the toolbar again and this time turn
the feature off then uninstall the toolbar and than it should fix. Have A Nice Day!

[aprelium]

razorbladesmile,

There is nothing wrong with this log line:

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You know what I just did? I created a damn favicon here, uploaded it to the root of my site, and added this code to the HTML:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

Now, I have a damn favicon next to my URL in the address bar and no more errors. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. ;)

In the future, I'd like to know how to make it stop asking me for this. It never used to before when I was using the previous version of the server.

P.S. I got StumbleUpon to stop showing up in my log by reinstalling the StumbleUpon toolbar, unchecking the option that enables the code to be added to my useragent, then uninstalling the toolbar again. No more Stumble Upon in my access.log. It's unorthodox, but it worked. ;) If anyone else tries to use that toolbar, uncheck that box in the Toolbar Options first before using/uninstalling the program.
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Razor

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