Category Archives: FAQs

How to setup a VPN connection in Windows 7

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 8, 2009
As Windows 7 has just been launched, many VPN services did not update their setup pages to explain how to setup a VPN connection on this latest OS from Microsoft. One of my readers asked me about this issue, but as I do not have Windows 7 installed  on my computer I’ve searched for a tutorial [...]
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How To Find The Email Sender’s Original IP Address

By HideIP Admin | Published: August 13, 2009
If someone is harassing you via email or flooding your inbox with junk mail you may want to find the location of the email sender. This can now be done very simple using the online tool developed by MyIPTest.com. Every email received contains the routing of the email and the originating IP of the email sender. Not all emails can be [...]
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How to change your ip address using ipconfig command

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 16, 2009
When you are banned on a forum your IP address is logged and blacklisted. Every time you try to login to your forum account, your IP address is checked in the black list and if found you are rejected. The solution for this problem is very simple. Not need to use proxies, hide IP tools, etc. All [...]
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How to configure Firefox to increase your privacy

By HideIP Admin | Published: April 22, 2009
When you use a proxy or other tools for anonymous browsing you get a certain level of protection against the detection of your IP address, but the browser stores a lot of information about the sites you visit. Firefox has built-in feature to clear temporary files and internet history, but this might not be enough. The problem [...]
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How to choose a hide IP tool (V) – Subscription or Permanent license

By HideIP Admin | Published: April 12, 2009
This is the fifth article of the series “How to choose a hide IP tool“. In the first post I have explained that you can choose between free and paid tools (How to choose a hide IP tool (I) – Free or paid?). If you decide to purchase a product you always have to try before you buy (How to choose a [...]
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How Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Work

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 16, 2009
There was a lot of talking lately about Hotspot Shield, a free VPN service. The tool is ideal for watching Hulu, ABC, NBC, Fox or other restricted video streaming sites for visitors outside US. As I have received a lot of questions regarding VPNs, I have gathered info from several sources that explain what VPNs are [...]
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How to find the IP address of the email sender in Yahoo! Mail

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 9, 2008
Here is a quick guide on how to find the IP address of an email sender in Yahoo! Mail. This is useful if someone is harassing you via email, flooding your inbox with junk mail or any other reason you may have to find the location of the email sender. After you find out the IP address [...]
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How Do I Hide My IP Address Using Opera?

By HideIP Admin | Published: June 20, 2008
If you are using Opera you should know there are several ways to hide your IP address: 1. Web proxies This is the simplest way to hide your IP for any browser you use (including Opera). A web proxy is basically a site that works as an intermediate between you and the site you want to see/access. [...]
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What Is My IP Address?

By HideIP Admin | Published: June 9, 2008
If want to find out how you are seen on the web you should check our newly created page: What Is My IP Address?. You can see the IP address you are using and some location information like City, Country and Country code. Thi can be your real location info or some fake one. If you [...]
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What Is Scroogle?

By HideIP Admin | Published: June 8, 2008
Scroogle is Google search proxy which prevents the searcher’s data being stored by Google. Scroogle also gives users the option of having all comunication between their computer and the search page be SSL encripted. The source code of this service was released in 2005 that will disguise your internet address when you run a Google search. [...]
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