Most often it's adult personal ads, they say "Find local sexy singles in XYZ town" and it's actually my town. Can they tell from my IP address?
2006-07-10 14:10:34 · 12 answers · asked by James G 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's not from cookies I have them set to erase every time I close Explorer.
2006-07-10 14:15:08 · update #1
Whenever you connect to a web site, it creates an IP protcol connection, and every person has an unique IP address.
The web site looks up your IP address in an index, which tells the location of your ISP (service provider).
If you want to do this yourself, go to www.dnsstuff.com and click on the "city from ip" box, and put in your IP address. (Your IP is in the upper right hand corner).
2006-07-10 14:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by Atom 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yep. They can tell from your IP address, or at least the IP address of your internet service provider. Chances are your ISP uses a proxy server in your area.
2006-07-10 14:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by dgrhm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some "free" websites that you visit may collect personal information from you... and .. then they sell it to others to make money.... or.. if they know some of your information.. they can get more by searching for you on the internet.. White Pages phonebook?... did you recently register for a prize?.. etc.
and.. some people just phish
get a good spyware detection program and use it... I personally like ZoneAlarm Security Suite... it has firewall/virus protection/spyware detect and deletion... plus IM filtering.. etc.
2006-07-10 14:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you'll sign up for something via the internet for which you volunteer your address. Then the company will forward your name, e-mail, and address to other companies that spam you. They try to personalize the notes to make it look like they know you personally. I get all sorts of advertisements from companies who think I still live at my former address.
2006-07-10 14:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, that's it exactly. They have an IP tracer on the website that traces your IP back to your location. That's how they write their script to seem like it's personalized for you.
I advise you to stay off those sites as some of them have viruses written in them.
2006-07-10 14:14:47 · answer #5 · answered by alfredenuemann98195 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James, they know where you went, why you were there, what you did there, and where you live. They even put a little troll under your bridge and know when you cross over. Delete your history file, your cookies, and your temp Internet files. Then, if you are lucky, they will go away. Good Luck.
2006-07-10 14:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by roskez13 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes someone on your computer went there, they grabbed your ip address, resolved it to the biggest city (c-lec probably) and followed you home - get a good firewall and they will not know where you are
2006-07-10 14:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by computer_pc_doctor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably got your address when you entered a contest, sent for something, or someplace else that your gave your address online, that sells your personal info.
2006-07-10 14:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
james everyone knows where you live, and we all know the sites you go to, now the only person who doesnt know is your mother and unless you want us to tell her you need to stop going to those sites, if you really want to find someone to f#$K tonight in phoenix then go to a bar like the rest of us
2006-07-10 14:16:03 · answer #9 · answered by chrissabolich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your signed up on a website that they saw....or maybe you went on a site that was affiliated with them??
2006-07-10 14:16:59 · answer #10 · answered by Matthew W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋