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Ebay account hacked

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  • soolin
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    MyUserNamesTaken wrote: »
    Soolin, on a completely unrelated side note: please put Avon back. Captain Jack just doesn't do it for me. ;)

    :rotfl:

    I was thinking of Marcus from B5 actually for my next change.
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  • MyUserNamesTaken
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    soolin wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    I was thinking of Marcus from B5 actually for my next change.

    but he looks like a wookie!!! ;)
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  • nickyt
    nickyt Posts: 915 Forumite
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    Hi,

    Sorry could I just ask a question about the
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
    that Browntoa has put on please. Can I use this with AVG so I have them both on the same pc? Sorry not up on all this to know and don't want to download it and mess something up.

    Thank Nicky
    Thanks for any help and advice given
    ~~~Nicky~~~
  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
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    Had my account hacked on monday:o Noticed it straight away thank goodness, i was sitting at my pc when the email from ebay came up saying thanks for changing your password:eek: Er, i didnt! Was straight onto live help and they sorted it really quickly, big thumbs up. Changed all my passwords etc.
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    nickyt wrote: »
    Hi,

    Sorry could I just ask a question about the
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
    that Browntoa has put on please. Can I use this with AVG so I have them both on the same pc? Sorry not up on all this to know and don't want to download it and mess something up.

    Thank Nicky

    yes , can use both
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Money_Maker_Shaker
    Money_Maker_Shaker Posts: 424 Forumite
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    I've had a similar problem recently with my paypal (not ebay) account being hijacked. It was a fraudulent transaction for $40 to www.gaia.com. I've reported it to paypal, changed all my passwords, run the malware program recommended by browntoa etc. but as I don't seem to have a virus and I can't believe someone guessed my password as I use roboform and so it's a random number/symbol/letter password I am at a lost as to how this happened. And more importantly how I stop this happening again - any advice on what I can do to prevent this again?

    Thanks
    :j Go on, shake your money maker! :j
  • owlet
    owlet Posts: 1,510 Forumite
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    I had my paypal account hacked in August - twice. Both for $500. One transaction went through, but paypal spotted it and refunded. The other one was blocked by paypal before any money disappeared. I was on holiday at the time and it was a few weeks later that I was aware of all this. I have no idea how it happened and will run the malware program on the pc. A BIG BIG thank you to paypal for being so efficient though.:T
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