Login location from an odd country

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by

Whenever I login to gmail, I get the following message:

FB Login Alert

Hi Nancy,

We noticed an unusual login from a device or location you don't usually use. Was this you?

New Login

September 3, 2019 at 5:20 PM



Near Amol, Iran



Opera on Windows

It has something to do with FB also. How do I get rid of the email. How do I keep Opera/FB from logging in to another country (other than the USA)? I can't find any information on this issue anywhere. Looked on MS and FB and Opera forums.

Thanks Nancy

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat VPN is on? If so, then turn it off.

[purple-cat]

purple-cat @leocg last edited by

@leocg ok, will do

[purple-cat]

purple-cat @purple-cat last edited by

that didn't get rid of the email.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat Then I guess you need to contact Google as it seems that they are guessing your location wrongly.

[purple-cat]

purple-cat @leocg last edited by

@leocg ok, I did contact FB. I'll contact google also. thank you

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat Other browsers also trigger the e-mail?

[purple-cat]

purple-cat @leocg last edited by purple-cat

@leocg Other browsers do not get the email and they work fine.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat Did you try cleaning cookies and cache? Also turn off extensions.

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by

I already cleared my cookies twice. I did not turn off extensions. So, I have now turned off extensions. I rebooted Opera and the problem persists.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat https://echo.opera.com/ shows your correct IP address?

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by

Yes, I believe that's it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat So I guess it's clearly a site issue.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

In Opera, goto the URL opera://settings/siteData, type facebook.com in the quick find field and then click "remove all shown".

Then, log back into facebook to see if you still get the message in Gmail. If so, goto https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=sessions&view and look at the "Where I'm logged in at" section and click "Log out of all sessions". If you don't see "Log out of all sessions", click "see more" at the bottom of the section and then you'll see it. Then, clear your facebook.com cookies again.

Just for good measure, you should change your facebook password.

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by

Thank you so much for your working with me. That worked to clear the Iran login. But now I get the same email about a good local login! lol I will try to do it again. I have an appointment, so it will take me a bit of time. I changed my password also.

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by purple-cat

Today when I logged into gmail, I got the log in alert from Sept 3 from Iran again. And there are more web sites I cant' get to. IOW the problem is worse. I guess I'm forced to use another browser.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat The alert shows the IP address of the connection? If so, it's your current IP address?

[purple-cat]

purple-cat last edited by

The IPs are different.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @purple-cat last edited by

@purple-cat said in Login location from an odd country:

...And there are more web sites I cant' get to. ...

Can you give more details about what you mean (ie: what are some example sites and how the "can't get to" failures show up)? There is a possibility that your Facebook account has been hacked and is being accessed by someone in Iran (or purporting to show an IP that indexes to Iran) who is also using an Opera browser. A lot depends on the details of just how Facebook attempts to match IP origins and whether they include browser consistency in forming their alerts...

[purple-cat]

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Chewy cut me off in the middle of a browsing session:
You don't have permission to access "http://www.chewy.com/?" on this server.
Reference #18.444f655f.1570390237.64caa7d

https://www.kcra.com/local-news (Sorry, this content is not available in your region.)

There was one more, but I need to leave for an appointment. I will probably be gone the rest of the day. Thank you again for really digging into this issue. Nancy