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Mickey S asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Is there a way to obtain an I.P. address from a chat conversation?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    install tracking software. look on google.

  • 1 decade ago

    try initiating a file transfer to the person you are chatiing with. When the transfer is in progress go to the command window and do a netstat to view active connections. You should be able to the ip of the person you are connecting to.

    Note: Only works with certain IM clients, cant remember which ones though. Some IM clients route transfers through their servers so you might just be getting the servers address instead of the persons ip address.

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