It is doing it from your IP address. The server does a lookup on your IP address to see where you are located and forwards you to the website for your area.
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:09:07 -0700 >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/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
