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May 29th, 2019, 02:14 AM
#16
Is what you are seeing something like this:
https://askleo.com/whats-new-people-icon-taskbar/
If not, post a screen capture of it (don't hover over it first though).
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May 29th, 2019, 03:08 AM
#17
Searched it, can't connect the message to any program. Maybe a game?
Win7 Ult/ 3.40 GHZ Intel Core i5-3570K /ASRock mobo Z77 Pro4 /SSD/ EUFI MS 3400 MHZ/8 GB RAM; Win 7 Ult/Verizon FIOS wired network
Waterfox Classic/Chrome / Firefox 115esr
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May 30th, 2019, 01:06 AM
#18
No jdc, it is simply a tiny white (black outlined circle with a dot about the size of pencil dot in middle. If I quickly hover over it it says "Someone is in your space" It leaves too fast to take screen shot.
Last edited by Msbsgblue; May 30th, 2019 at 01:15 AM.
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May 30th, 2019, 11:19 AM
#19
I have not been able to find a reference to any notification message like that. If it is not from a game (or even if it is), I would be running some scans to figure out what is generating it and remove it. Try Malwarebytes at least.
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May 30th, 2019, 12:11 PM
#20
Could be this:
https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-...e-system-tray/
The icon [....] is Windows letting you know that an application is using your location.
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May 30th, 2019, 01:16 PM
#21
Nice find, fink. That looks like it. If so, it should not be a problem, although it may be desirable to change security settings to block programs from using the Location information as detailed in your article. I don't see that tray icon since I have Location access disabled on ALL programs.
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July 6th, 2019, 11:57 AM
#22
I know this is a month-old thread, but is it possible to block location-finding in programs in Win 7? How about in web browsers? I use duckduckgo and Startpage for searching, scrub my cookies out with bleach ;-) but I still get pages on the web guessing my approximate location. It's creepy. (No, I don't have a smart-phone, so no issues there.)
Win7 Ult/ 3.40 GHZ Intel Core i5-3570K /ASRock mobo Z77 Pro4 /SSD/ EUFI MS 3400 MHZ/8 GB RAM; Win 7 Ult/Verizon FIOS wired network
Waterfox Classic/Chrome / Firefox 115esr
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July 6th, 2019, 02:34 PM
#23
They're seeing your location via your IP address. Using a VPN would stop that. I occasionally use Browsec VPN free browser add-on to be able to watch location restricted video/tv broadcasts from outside Canada. It seems to work quite well although it throttles max speed to a fairly significant degree. There are many others. The best ones are not free and are a system installation not narrowly used as an add-on for the browser only.
https://browsec.com/en/
https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/296955...t-vpn-services
NordVPN is popular.
Avast a/v has one built in but it's not free.
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July 7th, 2019, 01:00 AM
#24
Using it only with the browser is fine by me, but my experience in the past is that they slowed down my browser to a crawl. I'll try 1 or 2 to see the current state.
Win7 Ult/ 3.40 GHZ Intel Core i5-3570K /ASRock mobo Z77 Pro4 /SSD/ EUFI MS 3400 MHZ/8 GB RAM; Win 7 Ult/Verizon FIOS wired network
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July 14th, 2019, 10:46 AM
#25
this is only for mobiles, or also for PC?
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July 14th, 2019, 12:25 PM
#26
@cima2003.. Which part of the thread are you referring to? It's changed subjects more than once since it was started.
FWIW all of my answers above refer only to PC's.
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