int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // The Variables
  UINT Option;
  WORD Version;
  SOCKET Socket;
  WSADATA WSAData;
  SOCKADDR_IN Address;

  char packet[PacketSize] ;

  memset( packet,0 , PacketSize ) ;

  // Show Program Info
  printf("\n");
  printf(PROGINFO);
  printf("\n \n");

  // Non-Unix Startup Routine
  if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &WSAData) != 0)
  {
    printf("Error: Startup failed. \n");
    return -1;
  }

  // Zero-Fill Address Struct
  memset(&Address, 0, sizeof(SOCKADDR_IN));

  // Set IPv4 Family

    // Socket Open
    if ( (Socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP) ) == INVALID_SOCKET)
    {
      printf("Error: Could not create Socket. \n");
      return -1;
    }

    //// Header Senden aktivieren
    //Option = 1;
    //if (setsockopt(Socket, IPPROTO_IP, IP_HDRINCL, (char *) &Option, sizeof(Option)) != 0)
    //{
    //  printf("Error: Could not set socket option. \n");
    //  printf("%d", WSAGetLastError());
    //  return -1;
    //}

     char szBuffer[4096];
     SOCKADDR_IN saFrom;

      int nResponseLen = 0;
      int nFromLen = sizeof(saFrom);

      while ( true )
      {
        nResponseLen = recvfrom(Socket, szBuffer, 4096, 0, (SOCKADDR *) &saFrom, &nFromLen);
      }

  // Non-Unix Cleanup Routine
  if (WSACleanup() != 0)
  {
    printf("Error: Cleanup failed. \n");
    return -1;
  }

  // Exit
  return 0;

Restricted traffic over raw sockets
Detailed description

A very small number of Windows applications make use of raw IP sockets, which provide an industry-standard way for applications to create TCP/IP packets with fewer integrity and security checks by the TCP/IP stack. The Windows implementation of TCP/IP still supports receiving traffic on raw IP sockets. However, the ability to send traffic over raw sockets has been restricted in two ways:

- TCP data cannot be sent over raw sockets.

- UDP datagrams with invalid source addresses cannot be sent over raw sockets. The IP source address for any outgoing UDP datagram must exist on a network interface or the datagram is dropped.