Hello friends, today I will explain how to remotely get the IP address of any computer. Using some very basic tricks, we can find the IP address of any remote computer and then you can start hacking into the remote system for things like port scanning and finding vulnerabilities. There are several methods for getting the IP address of a victim, but I will share a few and highlight the best ones that can tell you an IP address in just few clicks. All of these methods are free, manual methods, meaning you do not require any tools.
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| How to find or get IP address of somebody else remotely |
4 ways to get the IP address of the Victim or another Computer:
1. Using PHP notification Script
2. Using Blogs and Websites
3. Using Read Notify service
4. Sniffing during Gmail and Yahoo chat sessions
We are here to learn concepts so first I will explain what exactly an IP address is and explain its significance. So friends, a very basic question: what is an IP address? Why is it important for hackers and security professionals?
What is an IP address?
Basically an IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique numerical value that is assigned to any computer or printer on a computer network that uses an internet protocol for communication purpose. “Protocol” basically means the rules for communication.
An IP address serves for two basic purposes:
1. Host or network interface identification
2. Location Addressing
For exploring more about IP addressing, check out Wikipedia.
How to Find IP address of another computer?
1. Using PHP notification Script
Using this notification script you can get the IP address in just seconds. Steps of using this PHP script:
a. Download the PHP notify script and extract files.
Download here
b. Now you will get two files IP.html and index.php . You need to upload these two files to any free web hosting server.
Example: I used www.my3gb.com to upload these two files. Create an account there and upload these two files as shown below.
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| Upload Files to free web hosting server |
c. Now you will need to send the link of index.php to the victim whose password you want to get. To get the link, click on index.php as shown in the above snapshot. Now a new window will open copy the link in the address bar and send to the victim.
d. When the victim opens the above link nothing will happen, but his IP address will be written into the ip.html file. Open the ip.html file to get his IP address.
2. Using Blogs and Websites
This method is for those who have their own blogs or websites. Normal users can also do this as blogs are free to make. Create a new blog and choose any stats service, such as histats. Aadd a new widget and put a histats code there and save the template. Send the link of your blog to your victim to get his IP.
3. Using Read Notify service
This is an email based service. Steps to use Read Notify service:
a. First open the Read Notify website: RCPT
b. Register on this website and it will send you a confirmation mail. Verify your account.
c. Once your account is activated take the following steps to use this service:
- Compose an email just like you normally would in your own email or web email program
- Type: .readnotify.com on the end of your recipient’s email address (don’t worry, that gets removed before your recipient receives the email). Like this: shiviskingg@gmail.com.readnotify.
com - Send your email
Some things to remember:
- don’t send to and from the same computer
- if your email program ‘auto-completes’ email addresses from your address book, you’ll need to keep typing over top of the auto-completed one to add the .readnotify.com
- if you are cc-ing your email to other readers, you must add tracking to all of them
4. Sniffing Yahoo and Gmail Chat sessions
With the help of Sniffers like ethereal, wireshark, etc. we can sniff Gmail and Yahoo chat sessions while chatting to our victim and extract the IP address from there. I will explain this trick in detail in my next article as this process is a bit long.
5. Bonus Method for Online Gamers
We can also get IP addresses from online games like Counter Strike and Age of Empires. Many Counter Strike servers use amx mode. View which people are connecting to the servers and plugins will show the IP address of people connecting to the game server. If you have more access to the Counter Strike server you can use status command in console. Go to console, type “status” (without quotes), and press enter. There you can see all players’ details, including steam IDs.
Now you have the IP address, but what can you do with it? Everything, as I will explain in my next article
I hope you all liked this article. If you have any queries or concerns just ask me in the comments. Thanks for reading.
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