OK, so how in the heck does a person insure that he's going to the web site he really wanted to go to?
What in the world is wrong with these companies? sigh Gee officer, I have NO idea how I ended up down here in CrackHead Alley. I put the car in drive, set the cruise control, turned onto main street and the next thing I knew I was parked here in CrackHead Alley. I SWEAR that I didn't intend to go here! sigh marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, IE is allowing strange things > This is based on your whois information on your IP range. Google does > this too based on your country. > > Use a proxy in some other country if you want to change your IP address. > > ryan > > > On May 7, 2009, at 9:09 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > >> OK, this seems simple enough. Type in www.aaa.com and go to the >> triple A >> site right? >> >> Nope, it somehow knows that I'm in zip code 99159 and sends me, >> automatically to www.aaawa.com! >> >> How in the world is a web site finding this info in my machine? >> Where the >> heck is it stored? How do I make it stop? >> >> If I do a google search and click on aaa I can get there, put it >> into the >> ADDRESS (NOT search) bar I get redirected to a site other than the >> one I >> wanted. >> >> I am SOOOOOO tired of being controlled! I don't even have the >> freedom to >> select the web site that I choose to go to. I mean really? >> >> Anyone have any idea how this is possible and how to make the >> bastards stop >> snooping? I've deleted all of the search engines that were stuck in >> the >> browser, I've tightened up as much of the security that I can find >> without >> breaking everything else. >> >> Thoughts? Ideas? >> >> Please do NOT tell me to use firefox or some other browser. Most of >> my >> customers use IE and I have to know how to help protect them. >> >> thanks, >> marlon >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
