IP Address you are quite familiar with this word. yes you are thinking right it is the unique identity of your computer, but you ever think that how hacker find the IP address of their victims. If you don’t know then read this post carefully, this post will help you to understand and also help you to secure your self.
There are many methods available to find the IP address, but here i will share top 2 methods.
Method 1:- This is the easiest method to find the IP. Go to http://whatstheirip.com/ and enter your email and it will give you a link, send this link to your victims and if your victims open this link, you received an email containing the IP address of your friends.
Method 2:- In this method hacker use the php script to find the ip address of victims. They upload this script to webhosting and also use this script on any famous website page.
Here i’ll share this php script.
php
$day = date("l");
$month = date("F");
$year = date("Y");
$date = date("jS");
$hours = date("g");
$minutes = date("i");
$tod = date("A");
if(substr($minutes, 0, 1) == 0)
$minutes = substr($minutes, 1, 2);
?>
<?
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
?>
<?
$fp=fopen("ip.txt","a");
fputs($fp,"$ip =>");
fclose($fp);
?>
Save this file with .php extension and make an empty html file with ip.txt name and then they upload this script to the web hosting so when any one use this link the ip address will stores on text file.
How to protect yourself :-
1. Never click on any hidden link.
2. Hide your Original IP address when surfing on Internet.
3. Don’t click on those link which contains some random alphabets (ex. site_name/pHQUcdUPnOWhxR).
4. Always Turn on Windows Firewall and Use good antivirus program.
