Internet today has become quite pervasive in our lives and increasingly every detail of our daily activities gets detected on to the web. It is not surprising to come across marketing emails that were based on the purchases we made or the sports site we visited. While many us do not mind receiving promotional offers, the surveillance of our visits by websites can posses a direct privacy risk as they can be exploited by potential business rivals or malicious individuals. In such a scenario one needs to mask their IP addresses, which essentially is our identity on the internet, and software like Hide My IP 2008 allows us to achieve precisely the same. The application utilizes a proxy server to hide your IP and allows you to change the allocated IP multiple times to guarantee you a full online anonymity.

The Hide My IP 3.0.0.37189 displays a compact light grey colored interface that sports a set of easy to use options to hide your IP address from potential threats. A user friendly design assists the user to configure settings simply and quickly to browse the web stress free. The software enables the user to hide his/her IP address and choose from hundreds of fake IP on the web and automatically installing the same into your e-mail, web browser or game application. The software feature list includes changing the settings of your IP frequently as desired, encrypting the internet connection to prevent hackers from sneaking into your account, and send anonymous e-mails with high speed servers; and securing yourself from any online threat.

The Hide My IP 2008 3.0.0.37189 offers a great way to hide your online activities from malicious websites and comes across as a handy application for many executives in the banking and financial sector who need to zealously guard their privacy. The application earns a score of 4 rating points for its overall reliable performance and the guaranteed anonymity it offers.