Posted on 03/06/2010 1:02:42 PM PST by Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo
I am trying to log into my ebay account, and I am being asked for all sorts of personal information, to include an ATM PIN.
I am going to the correct URL [the browser shows it as living at "ebay.com"], so this isn't "phishing".
Ergo one of the following must be true:
1) Either Ebay has been hacked, or
2) I have a very sophisticated virus on my machine which is capable of altering my TCP/IP stack and redirecting my DNS lookups.
It ain’t on my eBay account, mine seems fine. You have a virus and have landed on another page it would seem to me. I sure as heck would not fill out that page.
mothers maiden name: fu_asswipe.
ssn: 123-45-6789 etc....
The first thing I noticed is:
their form states: “please enter as more information as possible”
This, alone, should prompt suspicion and inaction.
I use and recommend AVG Anti-virus. It's free and very good (better in my experience than prominent commercial programs like Norton), but not perfect. As a second-level of protection I run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware two or three times a week when I go to bed.
Make sure you always update Anti-Malware before you use it to scan your computer; they generate a new update at least once a day. It will find and fix just about anything out there, even infections which have massively infiltrated your computer and would otherwise be almost impossible to remove without completely reformatting your hard drive.
If for some reason your computer won't let you get to the www.malwarebytes.org site, see the earlier comment about your hosts file. Some infections edit that file to make anti-virus web sites invisible.
You didn’t get there by clicking some kind of link in an email or anything did you?
Another slacker not running or paying for an ‘internet suite anti-virus’ program.
Save us all buddy and buy Kaspersky Internet Security
and then pay someone to install it for you.
I remember from one of your previous posts that you were still using Windows 2000! Dude, either install Linux or upgrade to Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7. We're getting tired of troubleshooting your decade old OS.
Bad advice - bad page - close it - any link clicked on could install more bad stuff ... trust me ;-)
Spyware Doctor by PC tools is incredible. It has kept my computer safe for 3 years. Not a single trojan, virus, adware, it’s great. I have Malwarebytes too but it never finds anything since the above does such a good job.
Your right. His best bet is download Google Chrome and see if the problem is confined to IE or it’s a something system wide. Oh yeah, and delete his hosts file.
OMG, get away from that.
I have had TWO cards stolen and I never use them on the Internet.
Run don’t look back.
On some old browsers, it’s possible to float fake image text over the Address Bar.
You might also look into getting Lifelock if your information has already been compromised.
I have friends who have Apple and love it. None of this BS. One of my friends just told me today her computer wasn't working; so she took it to an Apple store. It was fixed for no charge, plus she obtained some new diagnostic software free of charge. Next time I need a whole new system, that's what I'm going for.
Yes, I’ve had that show up when I logged in once , too. Sent a notice to eBay that their login page had been hacked.
I know they don’t. I sell on ebay. I think it is important that he also let them know it.
Did you get to that page by clicking a link in an email?
Contact ebay security!
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