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Help: IP address has changed and google is blocking my pc
I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but
decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. Thanks |
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Help: IP address has changed and google is blocking my pc
Bob H wrote:
I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I don't know what Hide IP Easy does. I can guess that it bounces you between different open proxies and those are often blacklisted by ISPs, web sites, e-mail providers, etc. Since you uninstalled it, and since this covertware often doesn't revert to prior settings, did you check your Internet Options - Connections tab to see if you're still stuck with using some external proxy to redirect your web traffic? Internet Options - Connections tab - LAN settings Do NOT use a proxy. That's for Internet Explorer. You never mentioned WHICH web browser you are using. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. First see if using an external proxy means not being able to get at your internal IP addresses. |
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On 05/05/2012 10:23, VanguardLH wrote:
Bob H wrote: I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I don't know what Hide IP Easy does. I can guess that it bounces you between different open proxies and those are often blacklisted by ISPs, web sites, e-mail providers, etc. Since you uninstalled it, and since this covertware often doesn't revert to prior settings, did you check your Internet Options - Connections tab to see if you're still stuck with using some external proxy to redirect your web traffic? Internet Options - Connections tab - LAN settings Do NOT use a proxy. That's for Internet Explorer. You never mentioned WHICH web browser you are using. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. First see if using an external proxy means not being able to get at your internal IP addresses. Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy |
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Help: IP address has changed and google is blocking my pc
On 05/05/2012 8:21 AM, Bob H wrote:
Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy Subscribe to mozilla.support.firefox, and ask there. You'll have to set up another newsgroup account using news.mozilla.org HTH, Wolf K. |
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Bob H wrote:
On 05/05/2012 10:23, VanguardLH wrote: Bob H wrote: I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I don't know what Hide IP Easy does. I can guess that it bounces you between different open proxies and those are often blacklisted by ISPs, web sites, e-mail providers, etc. Since you uninstalled it, and since this covertware often doesn't revert to prior settings, did you check your Internet Options - Connections tab to see if you're still stuck with using some external proxy to redirect your web traffic? Internet Options - Connections tab - LAN settings Do NOT use a proxy. That's for Internet Explorer. You never mentioned WHICH web browser you are using. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. First see if using an external proxy means not being able to get at your internal IP addresses. Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy Maybe it's a VPN software ? Would there be a shim in the network stack ? Try looking in Device Manager, for a VPN entry in networking. Or, open the network control panel for the LAN interface you're using, and see if there is an entry in there. I could also see one web page suggesting removing a registry entry. Should be fun. One of the problems with this kind of networking solution, is the possibility of having your very own man-in-the-middle attack, having them change all the adverts in the web pages you visit. It allows them to make a lot more money, than they get by charging you $29.95. It might even be possible to compromise HTTPS for all I know (think banking details). At the very least, I'd upload the installer file to virustotal.com and scan for malware. Just for the chuckle, to see if their method "has a name". Paul |
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On Sat, 05 May 2012 08:56:04 -0400, Wolf K
wrote: On 05/05/2012 8:21 AM, Bob H wrote: Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy Subscribe to mozilla.support.firefox, and ask there. You'll have to set up another newsgroup account using news.mozilla.org It's not a Firefox issue, so he won't get much help there. -- Char Jackson |
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Did you make a restore point before you installed the program????
---------------------------------------------------- Paul's XP, Vista and Windows 7 Tweaks ---------------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com ---------------------------------------------------- Paul's Forum ---------------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------------------- "Bob H" wrote in message m... I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. Thanks |
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On 05/05/2012 16:36, PaulM wrote:
Did you make a restore point before you installed the program???? ---------------------------------------------------- Paul's XP, Vista and Windows 7 Tweaks ---------------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com ---------------------------------------------------- Paul's Forum ---------------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------------------- "Bob H" wrote in message ... I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. Thanks No because Restore points are disabled on my SSD HD |
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On 05/05/2012 14:31, Evan Platt wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2012 09:37:45 +0100, Bob wrote: I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. Have you completely uninstalled Hide IP and rebooted? Yes I used windows installer from Programs and Features to ininstall, then rebooted. Actually I have re-installed it again and set the 'choose IP country' to automatic and it has chosen UK and unticked 'change IP every x seconds'. So that has put me back in the UK. |
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On 05/05/2012 14:22, Paul wrote:
Bob H wrote: On 05/05/2012 10:23, VanguardLH wrote: Bob H wrote: I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I don't know what Hide IP Easy does. I can guess that it bounces you between different open proxies and those are often blacklisted by ISPs, web sites, e-mail providers, etc. Since you uninstalled it, and since this covertware often doesn't revert to prior settings, did you check your Internet Options - Connections tab to see if you're still stuck with using some external proxy to redirect your web traffic? Internet Options - Connections tab - LAN settings Do NOT use a proxy. That's for Internet Explorer. You never mentioned WHICH web browser you are using. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. First see if using an external proxy means not being able to get at your internal IP addresses. Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy Maybe it's a VPN software ? Would there be a shim in the network stack ? Try looking in Device Manager, for a VPN entry in networking. Or, open the network control panel for the LAN interface you're using, and see if there is an entry in there. I could also see one web page suggesting removing a registry entry. Should be fun. One of the problems with this kind of networking solution, is the possibility of having your very own man-in-the-middle attack, having them change all the adverts in the web pages you visit. It allows them to make a lot more money, than they get by charging you $29.95. It might even be possible to compromise HTTPS for all I know (think banking details). At the very least, I'd upload the installer file to virustotal.com and scan for malware. Just for the chuckle, to see if their method "has a name". Paul Actually I have re-installed it again and set the 'choose IP country' to automatic and it has chosen UK, and unticked 'change IP every x seconds'. So that has put me back in the UK. Just uploaded the file to virustotal and this is the only result: Antivirus Result Update ClamAV PUA.Tool.RealHideISP 20120505 |
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Bob H wrote:
I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. You installed a program. You "stopped using it". Your networking isn't working. Since you're not using the program why is it still installed? It's obviously still on your host because "the program says" what is your real IP address. You're running the program so it's still installed. This is the most obvious candidate for troubleshooting your networking program. I had assumed you already uninstalled it before posting here. So you used an external site to see your IP address. Whose IP address would that be? You mention incorporating a router in your network configuration. So, again, what IP address are those external hosts going to see? That would be the WAN-side IP address of your router. Unless you configured your router to use a static IP address, your router is getting its dynamically assigned IP address from your ISP. Have you tried power cycling your router and resetting it? Have you power cycled whatever is upstream of your router (likely a cable/DSL modem)? When power cycling networked devices, power them all down (any order) and then power them up doing the most upstream device first followed by the next node downstream of that one (cable/DSL modem, router, any nodes between the router and the computers, and lastly your computers). You want the upstream node powered up and ready when you power up a downstream node to it. Make ready your nodes in top-down order. Tried right-clicking on the LAN connectoid in the Network applet in Control Panel to select "Repair"? You cannot connect to your router. Using what address? A hostname or an IP address? If an IP address, what IP address? Maybe 192.168.1.1? Or did you change the default? The router should go back to the default gateway or LAN-side IP address when you power cycle and reset it. I can't see how you could be getting any refusals from Google to connect to their web site using a hostname if you can't even make it as far as to your router using an IP address. For giggles, what is in your 'hosts' file? Have you disabled your anti-virus protection (or any other on-demand or real-time security software) and retested (possibly after a reboot)? Are you using a 3rd party firewall or the one that comes with Windows? |
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Bob H wrote:
Just uploaded the file to virustotal and this is the only result: ClamAV PUA.Tool.RealHideISP 20120505 PUA = Probably Unwanted Application Means it could be a nasty if it wasn't you that installed it. |
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On 05/05/2012 20:50, VanguardLH wrote:
Bob H wrote: I installed a program called Hide IP Easy a few days ago to try it, but decided against it and stopped using it, but my connections to sites have been very slow. So I checked 'what is my IP' and it is completely different on this pc from what it is on my laptop, and google is blocking my search requests. The Hide IP program says what my real IP is...the same as on my laptop, but when I check it it says I am in France, and not the UK. I also cannot connect to my router from this PC, so is there another setting somewhere to change. I have had a quick look in the registry, but I am not sure what to look for. You installed a program. You "stopped using it". Your networking isn't working. Since you're not using the program why is it still installed? It's obviously still on your host because "theprogram says" what is your real IP address. You're running the program so it's still installed. This is the most obvious candidate for troubleshooting your networking program. I had assumed you already uninstalled it before posting here. Yes I stopped using it and uninstalled the said program from Programs and Features in Windows 7. I rebooted my pc and then tried to connect to the internet. Google's homepage took longer than usual to load. When I entered a search paramater in google and clicked on the 'search' button,I was directed to another page where google said something about my ip address not being correct?? I can't remember exactly now, and wanted me to enter a catchphrase before it would bring up the search results. Also my ip address was showing as one from France. So I re installed the program to try and sort things out by making the appropriate selections within the said program. So you used an external site to see your IP address. Whose IP address would that be? http://clientn.easy-hideip.com/map/whatismyip.php You mention incorporating a router in your network configuration. So, again, what IP address are those external hosts going to see? That would be the WAN-side IP address of your router. Unless you configured your router to use a static IP address, your router is getting its dynamically assigned IP address from your ISP. The IP address on the WAN side of my router is static as far as I am aware, in that it doesn't change, Have you tried power cycling your router and resetting it? Have you power cycled whatever is upstream of your router (likely a cable/DSL modem)? When power cycling networked devices, power them all down (any order) and then power them up doing the most upstream device first followed by the next node downstream of that one (cable/DSL modem, router, any nodes between the router and the computers, and lastly your computers). You want the upstream node powered up and ready when you power up a downstream node to it. Make ready your nodes in top-down order. No I haven't rebooted or powers cycled down the router yet, only my main PC. Tried right-clicking on the LAN connectoid in the Network applet in Control Panel to select "Repair"? I can't see that option in Windows 7. From Control Panel I get 'Network and Sharing', and anything but 'Repair', regardless of what I right click on. You cannot connect to your router. Using what address? A hostname or an IP address? If an IP address, what IP address? Maybe 192.168.1.1? Or did you change the default? The router should go back to the default gateway or LAN-side IP address when you power cycle and reset it. The IP address of my router is 192.168.0.1. It was only my main PC which could not connect to the router as 2 laptops and a secondary PC could. I can't see how you could be getting any refusals from Google to connect to their web site using a hostname if you can't even make it as far as to your router using an IP address. See above regarding google connections. For giggles, what is in your 'hosts' file? If you mean is there a different IP address, ie the one from France; there is nothing in the hosts file to reflect that Have you disabled your anti-virus protection (or any other on-demand or real-time security software) and retested (possibly after a reboot)? Are you using a 3rd party firewall or the one that comes with Windows? No I haven't done any of the above yet. At the moment, all seems to be ok, as I have made the appropriate selections in the said program to stop it changing my IP address. |
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In message , Wolf K
writes: On 05/05/2012 8:21 AM, Bob H wrote: Thanks for the reply, but I am using FireFox 12, and in connection settings it is set to No Proxy Subscribe to mozilla.support.firefox, and ask there. You'll have to set up another newsgroup account using news.mozilla.org HTH, Wolf K. teranews also carries that 'group. (Though others have said it's not a firefox problem anyway.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "I'm a paranoid agnostic. I doubt the existence of God, but I'm sure there is some force, somewhere, working against me." - Marc Maron |
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Bob H wrote:
The IP address on the WAN side of my router is static as far as I am aware, in that it doesn't change, Therein might be your problem. Did you pay your ISP for a static IP address? If not, they're allocating a dynamic IP address to your account (i.e., to your router). If your router is configured to NOT use DHCP (from your ISP) to use whatever IP address your ISP assigns to you then you won't be able to use your ISP. You HAVE to use the IP address they give you. Any other IP address isn't authorized to use their services. Power cycling and resetting the router would return it to factory defaults which is to use DHCP for assignment of the WAN-side IP address of the router so it matches what your ISP assigns to you. That you have an always-on (cable or DSL) broadband connection does NOT mean your IP address (on the WAN-side of your router) always remains the same - unless you paid for a static IP address (or the ISP gave you a static IP address as part of their service with you). There in an expiration to the binding of IP address to you. Once that expiration passes, your assignment is *eligible* for reassignment. The binding remains in force until you unbind which is typicall when you power cycle or reset the router. When the binding is lost, a new one is established but that may not be the same IP address that you had before. Also, I've seen where ISPs will force an expiration of an IP address (possible with DSL, don't know about cable) or they do maintenance that loses track of the current binding. The result is that you still have the old IP address they gave you (er, your router) but they no longer consider it allocated to you on their end. I've ran into this too often where the solution is to power cycle the router. The binding looks good but suddenly I don't get any web traffic. Nothing looks bad on my end but my ISP thinks I've did an unbind (or they did but my equipment doesn't know). Everything working, stops working with no change on my part. The first test I make is to see if I can get to the router (which you say you have a problem). If that works, I use the IP address of the cable modem to see its config. If that works it means my networking is working on my end from computer through router to modem. Well, I can't do anything about getting my ISP to do the handshaking for a new bind if they don't initiate it themself. I can call them and have a tech send some signals but it's much faster to just power cycle the router and cable modem. The IP address of my router is 192.168.0.1. You sure? What brand and model is your router? The consumer-grade routers that I've used all came with a default of 192.168.1.1. If you go into the TCP/IP settings for your computer's LAN connection, what IP address is listed for the gateway host? The gateway is your router (unless you have a more layered network setup with subnets) and that's how you get to the Internet. If the gateway specified on your host doesn't match your router then your computer can't find the gateway to the Internet. It was only my main PC which could not connect to the router as 2 laptops and a secondary PC could. Okay. So it's not a router-modem problem. Then besides checking if the web-facing app is using a proxy, I'd check the TCP/IP configuration to make sure the gateway specified in the computer matches the LAN-side IP address for the router. Did you ever try rebooting into Windows' Safe Mode (with networking) to test under that environment? If you mean is there a different IP address, ie the one from France; there is nothing in the hosts file to reflect that Is there anything in there other than the localhost (127.0.0.1) definition? You can rename the 'hosts' file, say, to 'old-hosts' to make sure you aren't getting redirected. That you end up at a bogus Google site indicates a possibility of a redirect using the 'hosts' file. It also indicates you're infected. |
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