How can I hide My IP address So As To Stop Being Pinged Or Hacked Via A Port?

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The previous post is a way to go. The question I thought was how do you hide the IP. The previous post will change the IP not hide it. By the way the link is Anonymizer. I know of no way to hide the IP it is part of the way the net works. Also if you have an IP it then can be found by a scanner. Get a firewall like Zonealarm. This will keep pings and some others out. If you are using a Dialup service then not too much to worry about to begin with. Your IP will change every time you log on. HTH, wcr3d