diff --git a/curlrc b/curlrc
index 35bbd3af..52b5525f 100644
--- a/curlrc
+++ b/curlrc
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ show-error
 # Do not show the progress meter
 silent
 
-# Send a fake UA string for the HTTP servers that sniff it
-user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 Gecko"
+# Disguise as IE 9 on Windows 7.
+user-agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)"