Use a fake IP address to protect your online identity, select a preferred country, rotate IPs automatically, filter the web browsers, encrypt your connection, and more
Hide My IP is a powerful and approachable application you can use to make your IP address anonymous when connecting to the Internet, by switching to a fake one.
This way, you can protect your real identity from hijackers, as well as lift bans on content blocked due to geographical restrictions. It has advanced settings.
The setup operation is fast and easy. Once launched, the tool creates an icon in the system tray area and sits there silently while providing quick access to the main configuration panel and options.
Therefore, it becomes minimally invasive and lets you carry on with your normal PC activity while giving you the possibility to swiftly hide your IP address and make it visible again.
The main app window has a simple design and neatly structured layout, where you can get started by selecting a target location from the list to assume a fake IP address. For example, you can opt for various locations from the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, or Canada.
From the tray icon's right-click menu, it's possible to view your current IP address on the developer's website, copy the real or fake IP, and hide your real IP with one click.
Hide My IP can be instructed to use the fake IP address when dealing with web browsers only, all Internet-based apps, or only specific programs Plus, it can always use the IP address from the last session if you don't want to cycle multiple fake identifications, and autorun on Windows startup.
As far as advanced preferences are concerned, you can enable or disable the utility for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari and any other known browsers, hide or change the user agent, hide the referrer header, encrypt your connection via SSL, enable smart IP rotation, set the frequency and clear cookies on IP change, prevent service autostart, as well as create a list with fake IP addresses to discard.
It worked smoothly in our tests and had minimal impact on system performance. Taking into account its advanced and intuitive options, Hide My IP should meet the requirements of many users looking to protect their online ID.
