Please tell me what am I dealing with?

Please help me. Yesterday I noticed that my IP address mysteriously changed although I'm not using a proxy. Stranger still, "what's my ip?" sites all show the correct ISP, but I don't live in the state that shows up.

I checked my network settings on the browsers I use. No proxy settings, but I still see the new out-of-state IP

Will reinstalling my OS fix it or is there more to it?

Thanks.

 

Thanks everyone. I just thought and still think it's odd that it looks like I live more than 500 miles away all of the sudden. So far my computer is performing the same, so maybe I am making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

Don't feel bad. I'm currently being shown in two different places at once. One IP locater shows me in San Francisco, CA(over 2000 mi away). A different IP locater shows me just north east of Wichita, KS(over 700 mi away). Same IP address though.

 

It seems to be a worldwide issue. My location is 500 miles from where I live.

 

Think of it as a blessing, would you want your location being permanently tracked? Our smartphones already know where we are to within a few yards, just gotta hope it isn't all being recorded :eek

 

I have not checked otherwise but I keep a Facebook Account to keep up with family and friends in far places and it has said for years that I am in a town in Texas which is at least 900 miles or more away from here.