Finding the source of an intrusion by IP Address

9 Feb 2006 3:31 PM

David Langschied

I had someone hack into my system. I have the IP Address. Is there any way
that I can determine the origin?

9 Feb 2006 3:49 PM

Galen

In news:48397630-AC22-4A82-9543-BEA60752E55B@microsoft.com,

David Langschied had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I had someone hack into my system. I have the IP Address. Is there
> any way that I can determine the origin?

Probably not but you can at least look it up here:

http://nwtools.com/

Such a thing might be best left to the authorities however so reporting it
might be your better option.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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not." - Sherlock Holmes

18 Feb 2006 10:40 PM

Steve Parry [MVP]

David Langschied wrote:

> I had someone hack into my system. I have the IP Address. Is there any
> way that I can determine the origin?

http://www.dnsstuff.com/

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Steve Parry BA(Hons) MCP MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

19 Feb 2006 2:51 AM

nesredep egrob

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:40:22 -0000, "Steve Parry [MVP]"
<k100rs_1990@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:

>David Langschied wrote:
>> I had someone hack into my system. I have the IP Address. Is there any
>> way that I can determine the origin?
>
>http://www.dnsstuff.com/

http://www.arin.net/whois/

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