website with my home town information

[thepilot]

My young son accidently accesed an adult site.   I was sitting right next to him.

My issue is that the site flashed that  "Girls"  from XXXXX are waiting to meet you.

XXXX was the name of the Town we live in.

I was very surprised  that something on my PC gave then  the location of my PC.

I run my spyware programs and anti virus evetyday.  I usually run the  Trend Housecall   everyweek.   These programs found nothing.

Can you provide any insight on this happended and what I can do to prevent this from happening again.   I assume this can can happen on non adult website also.


Thanks

[GX1_Man]

It can happen on any site. Do you have a a firewall installed? How are you connnected to the internet?

[thepilot]

I use Zone Alarm Pro.   All my internet connections  go through a router.

I have a high speed connection using Verizon FIOS service.

[jackpkmn]

Do you have all the latest windows secuity updates? http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

[dl65]

thepilot...... I suspect , that the site your son connected to ...... picked up your IP address ....and automated software did the rest .
I would run CCLeaner and it will remove anything from the temp / temp internet/history/cookies etc. ....... I would doubt that , that software would pinpoint your exact address but rather the city of origin.

dl65  

[thepilot]

Yes it found our town not my home address.

 I ran everything I had access to ( spyware programs) , Ccleaner, NAV Corporate , Trend Housecall, a trial trojan program .

My windows fixes are uptodate

I went to same website  last night and the same thing showed up.

I still not sure why my IP address is being linked to my town


Thanks for the input  

[Rob Pomeroy]

IP addresses can be regional, that's all.  

[homer]

its ur i.p. , dont be surprised.

bridgers (basically cheaters, if u didnt know) on xbox live know my ISP and the city i live in. all from my i.p.

[thepilot]

Is this something my ISP allows somebody to do or does not care to stop.

Could my ISP stop this if they wanted to ?

Thanks

Tom

[homer]

im pretty sure they just dont care. letting ppl know the city u live in is not considered to be an invasion of privacy because the area is too big, it doesnt tell anyone ur exact address. i live in abbotsford, but i get ads for mission, sumas, and maple ridge. (neighboring cities if u didnt know). as for ppl knowing ur ISP, i guess its a little bit of advertising for them.

[2k_dummy]

I still not sure why my IP address is being linked to my town

Think of it like a zip code. The zip code is linked to post office in your town. The IP is linked to the ISP server in your town. The difference is that you CAN receive a letter without zip code, but you CANNOT receive internet traffic without an IP. Every site you access must know the IP address in order to to know where to send the information.

[Valerie]

Here is a site which will track almost any ip and show the country/city and other details, even show a map of the city location.

And here is a forum which displays the ip of everyone who posts.  The unease this causes me is the only reason I no longer visit the forum.

I have been assured that no-one can track my actual residential address from the information but the skill of trawlers is improving and who knows when.....

We should all be hidden behind a proxy but that's not always possible.

Val..

[2k_dummy]

At geobytes I get:
We are unable to locate the address xx.150.237.27 at this time.

[Valerie]

Yes, that can happen, that's why I posted that Geobytes Locator tool will track almost any ip.  Try another

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