Your Location Has Been Accessed

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  1. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    Your Location Has Been Accessed


    On the right side of the Task Bar next to the Flag Icon there is a Triange. There is an icon in it that has just appeared. It says "My Location Has Been Accessed". I am not sure what that means. I had just ran Windows Update before I noticed it. Can someone fill me in on what this means? Thanks,
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  2. Posts : 113
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #2

    "your location has been accessed"


    I get the same thing periodically.
    What does it mean?
    Is it a problem?
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  3. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #3

    Screen shot? I bet it is a third-party program like Google Desktop.
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  4. Posts : 113
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    logicearth said:
    Screen shot? I bet it is a third-party program like Google Desktop.
    It's definitely Windows.
    Don't have an example of the actual Icon and message at the moment, but it contains a link to the Event Viewer which shows the info in the attached screen shot.
    There may be no problem but it is annoying to have this popping up at intervals.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Your Location Has Been Accessed-event-viewer.jpg  
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  5. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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    @Harry,
    The photo is rather impossible to read.

    You will find that making a snippet with the snipping tool to be the preferred approach.

    Snipping Tool
    How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista and Windows 7
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  6. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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    bigmck said:
    On the right side of the Task Bar next to the Flag Icon there is a Triange. There is an icon in it that has just appeared. It says "My Location Has Been Accessed". I am not sure what that means. I had just ran Windows Update before I noticed it. Can someone fill me in on what this means? Thanks,
    I've never seen the message. I also have a clean system and use Microsoft Security Essentials, and use Firefox with the NoScript add-on.

    If it was my system then i would:
    Immediately change all of my passwords,
    run a full scan by MalwareBytes (link in my sig).
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  7. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #7

    As mentioned, Google Desktop.
    Could also possibly be something like a Google Weather Gadget.
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  8. Posts : 113
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #8

    Shot of System Tray


    This is what I see in the system tray.

    The ICON is the second from left on top row.

    .
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Your Location Has Been Accessed-location.jpg  
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  9. Posts : 2,298
    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
       #9

    I saw this on Windows 8 when I opened the weather application. Something is using your location and is updating information regularly
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  10. Posts : 113
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    karlsnooks said:
    @Harry,
    The photo is rather impossible to read.

    You will find that making a snippet with the snipping tool to be the preferred approach.

    Snipping Tool
    How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista and Windows 7
    If you double click on the photo you will get an enlarged and readable version.

    Thanks for the tip about the snipping tool. :)

    I think it may be related to the Windows "Weather Gadget" which I started using recently.
    Last edited by HairyScot; 18 Sep 2011 at 04:27. Reason: Update
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