NoVirusThanks IP Extractor

In the eventuality that you are a network administrator or security expert and you need to check the log files for potentially suspicious activity, then you need to a way to extract the IP addresses from various sources. Once you have them, you can verify and determine whether these addresses are legit or whether they present a threat.

NoVirusThanks IP Extractor is a lightweight piece of software that provides you with a quick way to grab addresses from large files, folders, text and URLs without too much hassle.

The app comes with a minimalistic interface that comprises of several tabs, each of them entailing a source that the tool should scan to grab the IP addresses. You can get the data from simple files (JSON, LOG, CSV, XML, HTML or TXT), folders, texts or URLs.

It is important to note that the utility includes a filter tab where you can add wildcard rules and make sure that certain types of IP addresses do not show up in your query. As you already hinted, the application is designed to check for unique IP addresses and hence, you do not need to worry about duplicates.

According to the developer, the program can scan very large files – even over 500 MB generated by Nginx or Apache – and provide you with a detailed list of the addresses. Once you grab them, you can copy them to the clipboard so that you can use them right away with your other apps. Alternatively, you can export them to a file that you import in the app needed.

Whether you need to replace the IP addresses in a rather long string or perhaps, you need to verify the ones in a large log file, NoVirusThanks IP Extractor can come in handy.