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Hide the IP masks your true IP address to protect your anonymity while surfing the Web. We found this portion of the application to function simply and effectively: click the lock icon, and within seconds the program has found and acquired a false IP for you. Your real and current IP addresses are displayed in the application window.
Unfortunately, Hide the IP does not stop there. Instead, the developer adds useful-sounding features, such as the ability to Search for IP by Country or Search by Anonymity, but fails to provide any controls--such as a search box or Go button--to actually use them. The program offers a few settings, such as the option to surf without cookies or launch the program with Windows. More-advanced users could theoretically add proxies by typing them into the Proxy Checker dialog or uploading a file of unspecified type, but we could not get this feature to work. When we checked the Help file, we found uninformative, one-sentence explanations of each icon in the navigation bar. The developer also threw in a bonus explanation of an icon that does not actually appear in the program.
Sure, the program does mask your IP. But that single achievement does not outweigh the drawbacks of Hide the IP's poor user interface, extremely short three-day trial period, and hefty price tag.
Publisher's Description
From AVSoftware:
This is a Hide IP software which will change your real Internet address while browsing the World Wide Web. The software will deliver you fresh anonymous proxy servers every time you activate the program. The main benefit of this software is that you can't be traced while browsing Web sites. If a Web site is restricted for users from specified country the program can bypass that protection. By hiding your IP, you will be invisible for marketers, thus, you will prevent any spam mails. You can use web based e-mail to send anonymous e-mail. Post on bulletin boards without displaying your real IP address.
What's new in this version: Version 7.0 features new GUI; adds firewall; improves platinum servers performance.
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All versions:
2.1 starsout of 92 votes
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Current version:
1.0 starsout of 3 votes
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"Inpractical"
Version: Hide The IP 2012 7.0
Pros
none found
Cons
Too slow. Doesn't work at the money is paid!
Summary
The free version worked for me, but it only allowed limited times, so I figured, Why not go ahead and buy it? So I did. The paid version doesn't work! The internet is TOO slow. Even pages that I normally load in the blink of an eye just "cycle". I have tried using it at different times for 2 weeks. Still no go.
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"wouldn't work"
Version: Hide The IP 2012 7.0
Pros
none found
Cons
I tried the free trial, When I went to hide my IP it cut off the internet
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"VirusTotal Shows 5 instances of a Tojan...beware!"
Version: Hide The IP 2012 7.0
Pros
VirusTotal Shows 5 instances of a Tojan...beware!
Cons
VirusTotal Shows 5 instances of a Tojan...beware!
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