Validation error due to counters code

dear people of W3C,
the counter on my page ask the following code:

<img border="0" src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=www.ecotronics.net.dat&dd=A&ft=4&frgb=100;139;216&md=5&pad=T" 
alt=""> </TD>

But this gives a lot off error messages at the validation and i realy would like to get the validation banner at my site.

I'm happy for each help, so with greetings

A. Jost