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Aragorn · 24-06-2006, 20:38

Short answer is maybe!
You can turn your modem of for a period of time (prob at least 24 hrs) your IP might be re-used, but you can't guarantee.
However, getting an new IP is unlikely to affect you risk of being hacked.
As Foreverwar says, make sure you have a firewall in place (windows XP SP2 should be sufficient). Also make sure you apply windows security patches.
I doubt anyone would bother 'manually' hacking an NTL IP address - a lot of effort to try and find bank details by hand. You are probably more at risk of automatic worms attacking an uppatched windows bug or downloading a virus/trojan.
HTH

24-06-2006, 20:38	#3
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 61 Posts: 3,458	Re: anyway to change ip? Short answer is maybe! You can turn your modem of for a period of time (prob at least 24 hrs) your IP might be re-used, but you can't guarantee. However, getting an new IP is unlikely to affect you risk of being hacked. As Foreverwar says, make sure you have a firewall in place (windows XP SP2 should be sufficient). Also make sure you apply windows security patches. I doubt anyone would bother 'manually' hacking an NTL IP address - a lot of effort to try and find bank details by hand. You are probably more at risk of automatic worms attacking an uppatched windows bug or downloading a virus/trojan. HTH