Scammer using my ebay acount - from this IP address - how??

JustPassingBy

Scrilla wrote: »

Agreed, but using aliEnRIK's MAC code suggestion just adds that extra layer of security.

A 63 character password would not be cracked in the next 1,000,000 years. Even if MAC code filtering were effective as a security layer it adds nothing.

Ivrytwr3

JustPassingBy wrote: »

"MyBestFriendIsEbay" is memorable and very strong as a password.

No it isn't, unless you change some characters for numbers/symbols ie

myb3stfr!endi$3bay

Dictionary attacks will focus on complete words, so no matter how long it is, if it is a known word it will eventually be hacked.

Check to see your router isn't using WEP, and at a minimum is WPA (WPA should be standard on all routers by now, but some aren't).

Make sure your router password has been changed from the usual "admin "admin" user/password.

Download something like hijackthis or a spyware program and see what is running on your pc.

Change your ebay/paypal passwords.

Stay off dodgy pron sites that install spyware/keyloggers on your pc.

bigpound

Nobody has suggested the possibility of remote control software yet?

Do you ever leave your computer on online for long periods of time while you are away? It's less likely than the other possibilities, but a possibility none the less.

JustPassingBy

CHR15 wrote: »

Would a door chain stop a burgler getting in?? of course not, but that doesn't mean they are pointless.

Of course it does. If unauthorised access is not prevented it has not served its purpose.

CHR15

So you are saying a door chain is impenetrable by burglars??

JustPassingBy

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

Dictionary attacks will focus on complete words, so no matter how long it is, if it is a known word it will eventually be hacked.

My example is not a complete dictionary word but does consist of at least 4 dictionary word. A 1000 word dictionary would have to test for 5 words in the phrase. That's 1000 to the power of 5 possibilities. At 100 tries per second I'll leave it to you to work out long it would take.

Use **MyBestFriendIsEbay if it worries you.

JustPassingBy

CHR15 wrote: »

So you are saying a door chain is impenetrable by burglars??

No, I'm agreeing with you it is not. But, unlike you, I'm saying that that makes it pointless to use for burglary prevention.

aliEnRIK

JustPassingBy wrote: »

Not with WPA and a 63 character password.

yes they can

aliEnRIK

JustPassingBy wrote: »

MAC codes can be sniffed.

This makes you totally invisible?

So your saying to not bother at all?

aliEnRIK

Regardless
OP - upto you