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Hi I need your help if soembody can sort out this puzzle for me.
I am member of a discussion forum and there i had some heated debate with a guy who then posted my IP address in the forum for harrassing me.
Can anybody tell me how he found out my IP address and ISP when i Never had any yahoo or msn session with him. How did he come to know about my IP?
Has he hacked my PC? Can he now look into my Hardisk too?Please help me I am very depressed
Thanks
SusanThere are a couple of ways I know, of how an IP address can be divulged. One is from any posts you might have made in a mailing group like Yahoo groups. Or if you had sent him any emails previously. Once your IP address is known, its easy to find who your ISP is. Once they have this information, I dont think there is a lot they can do with it except frighten you into thinking they can do something. There are no doubt other ways and maybe others will add their 2 cents worth. Take care. 🙂
yeah just because he found out your IP, doesnt mean he can do anything else whatsoever. there are websites and web scripts that display information about you like your IP, what browser you’re using, even what version of Windows you’re running (i’ve seen a member here with a signature line that included this information even), but he cant do anything beyond that unless he’s a dedicated hacker deliberately trying to get onto your computer (which is illegal by the way).
so dont worry… i agree with Sashaa that he’s just trying to “frighten you into thinking they can do something”
Susan, aside from the information posted by Sashaa and Tigerblade, you should also know that with every post you make on a forum, your IP address gets logged by the forum software. This information is generally only available to the admins and moderators. So, if he has either of those functions on the forums that both you and him posted in, that’s probably where he got your IP address.
If he doesn’t have either of those functions, he might’ve gotten it from an admin or moderator who he’s friends with, in which case I’d seriously doubt the integrity of the people in charge of those forums.Regardless of where/how he got your IP address, as long as you have a good firewall installed, he can’t do much of anything to your computer unless he’s a very good hacker. Personally I wouldn’t worry about it.
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