how to trace IM users IP?
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Few different way of doing it as well protecting own IP:\n\n1.Most common way of compromising IP is to pass link to someone in IM. It is easy to create web page (containing anything: funny pic, video etc – even with free Yahoo Geocities http://geocities.yahoo.com/gcp/) than by adding script to page with help of free service like StatCounter: http://www.statcounter.com/ log IPs and system info (operating system name and version, browser name and version, last visited site prior to clicking – etc etc) of all people which visited site. There are also free (bit gay and fishy) programs which allow to send link in IM which when clicked display IP of person in it’s window. \n\n2.By taking advantage of fact that some chat communications: some IMs, cams (supermode always) as well other chat communications are connecting sometimes via peer-to-peer connection, by using monitoring tools like mentioned netstat command (type: nestat –b), firewall monitor, this free tool: (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/TcpView.mspx ) or best - packet sniffer, it is possible to monitor (and/or log) all connection which allows determining IP of person with which you instant massage, watch cam (or allow watch yours) etc.\n\n\nTo prevent someone from getting your IP you could:\n\n1.Download YTunnel which allows blocking peer-to-peer connection in it’s preferences: http://www.ytunnelpro.com/ (you could also set firewall rules to do same however using tunnel is probably just easier).\n2.Don’t click any links, especially since beside giving your IP you could get trojaned in totally invisible manner by briefly visiting page alone (unless you know how to do it safely) – to see how download and listen to audition #7 (fast forward it to 20 minutes 50 seconds) from this page: http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm \n3.Use proxy, or better (and safer) VPN client which will hide your IP both when clicking links and from sniffed chat communication – free, extremely easy to use zero configuration VPN client http://www.iopus.com/ipig/ \n4.Set your home to dynamic IP connection which allows changing IP on fly, should a need arise as when you suspect someone might have compromised your IP. \n\nEven hacking through IP is relatively difficult, in most cases beyond reach of most chat hacker wanna-bes and booter kiddies, it is possible, therefore protecting own IP in chat is definitely security concern.\n\nAFETR POST – After reading attached afterward details – you are confusing things:\n\nHOW TO USE NETSTAT:\n\n1.Click START button and type “Cmd” in RUN\n2.In new black window type: netstat –b\n3.If you IM or watch someone cam watch in command window in which you typed netstat for IP shown next to YPeger.exe (if using Messenger for Yahoo) which has address which suggest ISP not Yahoo or akamei. Yahoo addresses will have “yahoo” in its part (example scsc.msg.yahoo.com). ISP addresses will have abbreviations of ISP names as rr- Road Runner, level3 – Leve3 Communication, vzn – Verizon, cmcst – Comcast, ntz - NetZero etc etc.\n\nAFTER POST2:\n\nIn regard to answer immediately below. Actually forgot about that one. All which is needed to track IP of e-mail it to click “Full header” link on page of e-mail massage. Information will be displayed as - Originated IP.\n\nInstrucation provided on answer link is "belogny" - it will not work.
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Get their IP Address.
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start > run > cmd > netstat -ano\ninitiate a direct sharing connection thing with the person\nsend a file\nrun netstat -ano again\nuse process of elimination to determine any new IPs in the list (likely on port 5190)\nyou now have their IP address\n\nrun   tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  (replace the x's with the IP address)\n\nthere you go.
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go to DOS mode\ntype "ipconfig"\nIt will give u your IP address.
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if you are using windows please click START then RUN then type COMMAND\n\nhere type IPCONFIG\n\nyou will see IP addresses
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To find your local IP;\nIn Windows click on start, run, type in the word command, then click ok. Then at the DOS prompt type in IPCONFIG.
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you can go to www.dnsstuff.com and check it in ip who is section. pretty neat/http://www.urgentclick.com/address_trace.php\nyou can also download the visual traceroute\nfrom visualroute.visualware.com
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The easiest way is to connect through a proxy which will show their IP address and location not yours. Search google or yahoo for free proxy servers and you will find many.
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yes. IF you have yahoo mail, go to Options on the Top right >> Mail>>General Preferences then at Messages Headers: select the "Show all headers on incoming messages"\nThis will show the originating ip addresses. There are websites where you can reverse lookup ip addresses. do google search for ip address reverse lookup.
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find out if imo-d21.mx.aol.com is AOL's mail server then contact them about the email and they may be able to trace the IP address if the email was encrypted then you wont be able to find this out I don’t think.
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in any email client you can click on view>full header.  this will reveal the original ip address of the email.
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The best tool for this sort of thing is a command line tool called Nmap (http://www.insecure.org). One of the great things about Nmap is that it runs on Windows and just about any UNIX/Linux distribution you care to mention. I've used it for years, and the new versions just keep getting better and better. Now, in addition to performing port scanning and OS fingerprinting, it can also perform service fingerprinting. For example, instead of just saying that port 80 is open and that it is likely a web server, it will tell you that port 80 is open and the person is running Apache 2.0.12 or something along those lines. Great tool. Seriously, this is one of those tools that I *must* have on all of my computers. Absolutely invaluable.
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You would need to define that a little bit better, if you mean to a known company where you know URL, simply open up your command prompt and type in tracert www.yahoo.com and you will see it trace back to its IP.\n\nNow if you mean you have a friend a crossed town that you want to set up a game with or something like that, assuming they have windows xp, right click on Network neighborhood and select properties, maximize the next window that pops up and then single click on your network connection, on the left hand side it will tell you the IP Subnet Mask and Default Gateway.\n\nHope that help,\n\nJohn B.
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thru your ip address.
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Of course this can be done, but only approximately, and only in some cases. \n\nPeople can use proxies and other tricks to try to make it harder to know where they are logging in from, of course. Even when people are not actively trying to prevent you from tracing them, the IP lookup techniques still fail in a few percent of the cases (see references). \n\nI have included several different sites with different tools for looking up IP addresses (not all of these will be independent methods, probably). One also includes more in depth tutorials to do this when you are dealing with a difficult case, and need to do more in-depth research rather than using a simple tool.
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IP trace.... go into your msn mail box, click options (top right corner) select mail, then mail display settings, scroll down to message headers and click on advanced, then ok. Now go to the email you want to trace . The last recieved IP number is the one you want, go to www.dnsstuff.com and paste the number into the WHOIS look up. Hope this helps
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Open "RUN" type "cmd" then the command prompt opens\ntype "ipconfig" and press "enter". You'll get ur ip address.\nwish this helped u.