Posted by Pierces Notary Services on 4/12/10 4:52pm Msg #331395
Track ISP #
Is there any way to track an ISP # to see who it is? I use gmail and was told that someone tried to access my gmail account and actually may have accessed it yesterday and that I was to change my password immediately which I did.
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Reply by Philip Johnson on 4/12/10 5:02pm Msg #331397
Told by whom and can you trust them? n/m
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Reply by Shauna/WA on 4/12/10 5:03pm Msg #331399
I just found this via google, but it may be worth a try. The IP# will show what internet service provider they're using. However, my ISP is a Sprint router and sometimes shows I'm in Kentucky, New York, Southern California, etc instead in WA. Just be forewarned.
http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/
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Reply by Ernest__CT on 4/12/10 5:17pm Msg #331402
Please tell us that you didn't click a link! / ISP
Be very careful when you receive email! Never click a link in an email message claiming to be from gMail, PayPal, your bank, etc. Messages from hostle sources often masquerade as being from friends.
To answer your ISP question, my favorite link is http://www.ip-adress.com/whois , and a couple of others are http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp (recommended by Brenda from TX [an awesome lady!]), http://www.neoworx.com/ (recommended by PAW from FL [a gentleman of the first degree!]), http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl , and http://www.dnsstuff.com/ .
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Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 4/12/10 5:49pm Msg #331410
This message came up when I accessed gmail from the internet today...red box warning before all the emails messages. It came right from gmail themselves.
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Reply by Philip Johnson on 4/12/10 6:14pm Msg #331415
You need to go to gmail and look at their contact policy.
Then you'll need to go and run whatever security suite you use through your machine.
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Reply by Carolyn Bodley on 4/12/10 8:05pm Msg #331439
Re: It may have come from gmail, and it may have not ...
There are some mighty authentic looking things out there that are completely and totally fake.
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Reply by MikeC/NY on 4/12/10 10:44pm Msg #331452
You may or may not have a problem. It doesn't make any sense that gmail would warn you that your account has been compromised, and then let you into it as if nothing happened.
First thing you should do is log onto your gmail account as you normally do (NOT by clicking a link in an email from them, or in the notice you saw), go to Settings, and then to Account settings to change your password.
If the warning continues to appear, I would suggest taking a screen shot of it and contacting gmail support - forward them a copy of it and let them tell you what the heck is going on.
Good luck...
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Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 4/13/10 7:17am Msg #331467
I did change the password and took a screen shot to get the ISP #. It was right on my gmail internet page above my messages - it wasn't a separate page...red block - can't remember exactly what it said but it was encouraging me to change my password immediately. All of my log ins say United States (PA) with the ISP #. This one said United States (NY) with an ISP#. I was not in NY when I logged in on Sunday.
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Reply by MikeC/NY on 4/13/10 2:29pm Msg #331513
"I was not in NY when I logged in on Sunday. "
You weren't, but the router your ISP used may have been.
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