{"id":273,"date":"2021-08-25T13:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T17:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=273"},"modified":"2023-02-14T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T16:23:45","slug":"secure-a-hijacked-visitor-tracker-code","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/secure-a-hijacked-visitor-tracker-code-273\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure a hijacked visitor tracker code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial explains <strong>how to enable functionality to restrict the usage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/how-to-install-a-website-visitor-tracker-code-1626\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"How to install a website visitor tracker code\">visitor tracker code<\/a><\/strong> to your project\u2019s primary domain name. This feature is useful if the project\u2019s landing pages indicate that your visitor tracker code has been hijacked and installed under an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unauthorized<\/span> domain name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-trisize-float sz340A\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/secure-hijacked-visitor-tracker-code.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To check the project\u2019s most frequent landing pages, go to \u201c<strong>My Projects<\/strong>\u201d page and click on the \u201cStats Menu\u201d button for the corresponding project. Next select \u201c<strong>Outside of Project\u2019s Domain<\/strong>\u201d report from the \u201c<strong>PAGES<\/strong>\u201d drop-down menu. This report will show url paths where your project\u2019s content along with the TraceMyIP visitor tracker code was loaded. If you see your own website url paths under this report, you may not have specified your project\u2019s Website URL properly. This can be corrected under the project\u2019s settings. If the report does indicate that your TraceMyIP visitor tracker code was placed under an unauthorized domain name, you can remotely disable it.<\/p>\n<p>Navigate to \u201cMy Projects\u201d page and click on the \u201cedit\u201d link for the corresponding project.<\/p>\n<p>From the \u201c<strong>Domain Tracker Security<\/strong>\u201d drop-down menu, select the \u201c<strong>Active<\/strong>\u201d option, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the \u201cUpdate\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>Your TraceMyIP visitor tracker code is now protected and cannot be loaded under any domain name that does not match the domain name of your project. Note that if your project\u2019s website URL is not properly specified and the \u201c<strong>Domain Tracker Security<\/strong>\u201d feature is enabled, it may cause your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/how-to-access-a-projects-statistics-data-7\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"59\" title=\"How to access a project\u2019s statistics data\">statistics<\/a> not to be collected properly.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s URL can be under the project\u2019s settings which can be accessed by clicking on the project\u2019s \u201cedit\u201d link which can be found on \u201c<strong>My Projects<\/strong>\u201d page.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwebsite URL\u201d of the project must contain the domain name that is shown in the landing pages of your page loads report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 10px 0;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf0d Who visits your website?<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/tools\/codereg.php?rgtype=4684NR-IPIB&amp;ntc=1&amp;adDj=1&amp;refLinkID=WPLearn_tracemyip_signup_link_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign Up<\/a><\/strong> now to find out instantly!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial explains how to enable functionality to restrict the usage of a visitor tracker code to your project\u2019s primary domain name. This feature is useful if the project\u2019s landing pages indicate that your visitor tracker code has been hijacked and installed under an unauthorized domain name. 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