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Microsoft Edge weirdness
Good morning,
I am running Windows 11:
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Installed on 12/11/2024
OS build 26200.7462
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.275.0
Device name MSI
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz (2.50 GHz)
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
Device ID
Product ID
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
For the most part I use Firefox or Google Chrome. But I am noticing some strange issues when using Microsoft Edge. This first starting when I would use Edge to sign into web sites I visited regularly. I started seeing messages that the website was detecting a sign in from another location, Canada. This started happening regularly. So I understand that IP traffic can be routed in weird ways, and looked at 'What is my IP address' website. This is were it gets weird.
Here is a screen shot using Firefox: I have blurred the last two of the subnet for security.
This is correct, as I am using Starlink.
Microsoft edge shows:
I am not using a VPN server. Previously this was reported as Canada, now it shows my IP address in Romania.
I use Bitdefender for anti virus, and high complexity passwords on all my sites. I cannot figure out why Edge reports my IP address incorrectly and using VPN services.
Is there someone that can help explain why this is happening?
Regards,
Mike