Something on S2K Forum Stealing eBay Passwords?

#1 Postby **wxman57** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:05 pm

I happened to attempt to log into the forum from my wife's laptop today using IE (rather than Netscape as I use on my PC). Soon as I logged in, Zone Alarm popped up a window saying that Internet Explorer was attempting to send the IP address 66.98.251.192 my eBay password. I clicked "Deny Access", of course.

While I don't think anyone at S2K may be doing this, could someone have planted something here that is attempting to get passwords from forum members? Better be careful and use a firewall when coming here.

huricanwatcher · #2 Postby **huricanwatcher** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:07 pm

my husbands ebay account was almost taken over because a password was hyjacked and I sign into his account regularly, hope it wasnt something here.. UGH.. also the popups while on this site are getting almost out of control...... (I dont want to join adult friend finders) one of the many that show up

cape_escape · #3 Postby **cape_escape** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:08 pm

Wow! That's pretty scary! I better turn back on my firewall!!! Thanks for the heads up!

Derek Ortt · #4 Postby **Derek Ortt** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:10 pm

It must be your computers that have the virus as I have never received a single pop-up on this site

stormie_skies · #5 Postby **stormie_skies** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:12 pm

hurricanwatcher - I dont get pop-ups here - is it possible you have spyware on your computer? You might want to download Spybot Search and Destroy and have it checked....its a free program and it does a good job

weatherFrEaK · #6 Postby **weatherFrEaK** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:12 pm

Don't use Internet Explorer, use Firefox instead...

http://www.getfirefox.com

I'll never go back to IE, especially with all the security holes it seems to have. Thanks for encouraging me that I made the right decision when I switched to Firefox browser several months ago

#7 Postby **MysticOne** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:12 pm

GADS! How horrible! I can't believe the amount of evil people out there! :grr:

I always have a fire wall, but still things like this really make me nervous.

Ivanova · #8 Postby **Ivanova** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:12 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:
I have never received a single pop-up on this site

Me either

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huricanwatcher · #9 Postby **huricanwatcher** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:14 pm

stormie_skies wrote:hurricanwatcher - I dont get pop-ups here - is it possible you have spyware on your computer? You might want to download Spybot Search and Destroy and have it checked....its a free program and it does a good job

I run spyhunter regularly.......... but they keep coming back.. and this is the only site i visit anymore

chadtm80 · #10 Postby **chadtm80** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:14 pm

Yes, sounds like spyware.. Let me check around..

Try running adaware or spybot search and destroy.. Both can be downloaded at http://www.downloads.com

#11 Postby **wxman57** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:15 pm

Here's the pop-up window I got. Again, this was only on my wife's laptop. I'll run Spybot and Ad-Aware to check out for anything on her laptop. Just beware out there, and use a firewall.

<img src="http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/ebay.gif">

weatherFrEaK · #12 Postby **weatherFrEaK** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:15 pm

I NEVER get a pop-up window with Fireox and its built-in pop-up blocker, no spyware, no malware...nothing. When I do run a scan for spyware, I never find any when I use Firefox.

huricanwatcher · #13 Postby **huricanwatcher** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:16 pm

i have blackice firewall on laptop and am connected from a router off of the cable modem...... cant understand it

chris_fit · #14 Postby **chris_fit** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:16 pm

Yea spyware.

http://www.lavasoft.com and download ad-aware

I also use spybot.

Great free tools

weatherFrEaK · #15 Postby **weatherFrEaK** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:17 pm

huricanwatcher wrote:i have blackice firewall on laptop and am connected from a router off of the cable modem...... cant understand it

Ditch Internet Explorer, plain and simple. Problems solved.

huricanwatcher · #16 Postby **huricanwatcher** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:18 pm

does anyone use netscape and if so how good is it?

weatherFrEaK · #17 Postby **weatherFrEaK** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:19 pm

huricanwatcher wrote:does anyone use netscape and if so how good is it?

http://www.getfirefox.com

Like Netscape but even better.

#18 Postby **MysticOne** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:24 pm

Can you ditch IE if you are on AOL broadband?

chadtm80 · #19 Postby **chadtm80** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:25 pm

MysticOne wrote:Can you ditch IE if you are on AOL broadband?

Yes. Im not a fan of fox though. I like my IE

shorrock · #20 Postby **shorrock** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:26 pm

I switched to firefox today and love it. Tired of IE problems. stable, all the graphics and stuff looks great. Plus you get tabbed browsing to boot!

I am trying to be sensitive to linux migration for many friends, and this is really the first program i've seen that I recommend people to move to.

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