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[webmaster]

I can't believe it.... I woke up this morning to find my PayPal account had been stolen, must have been virus/malware and they have racked up my credit card... Spent the last hour or so on phone to credit card/paypal stopping, changeing passwords etc.... aaarghhhh.... can not believe this...

[Bandit]

Sorry to hear this Lenny, If it can happen to someone as computer literate as you, what chance have I got!!!!!!
Hope you get it sorted.

[Photoguy2910]

Thats a sod mate, hope you get your cash back ok

[alanssaab]

hope you get it sorted out soon lenny
Alan

[RAB D]

Sorry to hear that Lenny shows you the trash that prowl the net

[webmaster]

Well, so far... touch wood, no money has gone. Paypal froze it pretty quickly... nothing out my bank account or credit card..... although would you believe I can't contact Virgin Money, credit card stolen phone number, no one there till Mon... can't be right, 24/7 meant to be...

Paypal account frozen, passwords changed, main machine formatted, rebuilding it now.

Paypal have been surprisingly good, so far!!

[RAB D]

Hope all work out for ya lenny

[webmaster]

Blinkin' better or the wife will have my b()//()cks off.......

[dicy]

Hope you get it sorted Lenny.

[mosstrooper]

Bandit, on Nov 15 2008, 10:49 AM, said:

Sorry to hear this Lenny, If it can happen to someone as computer literate as you, what chance have I got!!!!!!
Hope you get it sorted.

Just what I thought. Hope you get it all sorted out soon.

[Strike Team]

Sorry to hear this too. Hope the cops capture the people responsible and give them a prolonged and enthusiastic tazering.

[DAR]

Real sorry to hear about this Lenny.
Just back from Drum's so one thing to cheer you up. Your Steyr is going to be a fantastic. The windicator is something else indeed. Pity you don't fancy the marble balls feet for the rest.

[gs10]

a$$H**e$.....nobody is safe anymore unfortunately but like evryone else i hope they are eventually caught up with by the boys in blue or even better by yourself



hope its all sorted

[Greenwing]

Hi Lenny, sorry to hear that, I hope everything gets sorted ok.

Most people on here will know more about computers that I do so I was wondering how you knew someone had access to your account if no money was taken?

[webmaster]

Well, I woke up this morning after late shift last night... reached over to my iPhone on bedside table, which Iget my e-mail on, 11 new messages.... that's a bit strange... when I read them I freaked... "Thanks for your payment of $998" etc... etc..... I quickly ran to my desktop, and tried to log into Paypal, locked out, someone had changed my password. I phoned my bank, got them to freeze any paypal payments, luckily my bank gave me Paypal's Fraud phone number, phoned them, they changed my password. When I got in I noticed that during the night, nearly $2000 had been spent on my paypal....

Now, checked my credit card and bank, and appears the charge have been blocked. Paypal themselves had locked my paypal account about 0500hrs in the morning, they noticed dodgy transactions...

So, dodgy punter tried to fraud me, but seems paypal stopped them. However, can't get a hold of my credit card provider... Virgin Money.... so much for 24/7 stolen/lost numbers....

Computers? Eh??

[BigEars]

Lenny Warren, on Nov 15 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

Well, I woke up this morning after late shift last night... reached over to my iPhone on bedside table, which Iget my e-mail on, 11 new messages.... that's a bit strange... when I read them I freaked... "Thanks for your payment of $998" etc... etc..... I quickly ran to my desktop, and tried to log into Paypal, locked out, someone had changed my password. I phoned my bank, got them to freeze any paypal payments, luckily my bank gave me Paypal's Fraud phone number, phoned them, they changed my password. When I got in I noticed that during the night, nearly $2000 had been spent on my paypal....

Now, checked my credit card and bank, and appears the charge have been blocked. Paypal themselves had locked my paypal account about 0500hrs in the morning, they noticed dodgy transactions...

So, dodgy punter tried to fraud me, but seems paypal stopped them. However, can't get a hold of my credit card provider... Virgin Money.... so much for 24/7 stolen/lost numbers....

Computers? Eh??

How secure was your password?

[mosstrooper]

Let me guess, is your password Steyr? or Rapid?

[OCTANE]

Lenny what have you done different lately on the account that we can maybe learn on??

[webmaster]

My password was secure, I got hit by malware, which is apparentlly common on the web... and no my password is neither steyr or rapid... doh...

[webmaster]

Well, it WAS a backdoor trojan. Win32.Hupigon.dccn to be precise...

http://www.f-secure....2_hupigon.shtml

I was trying out some new software, I virus checked it and it was clear. Upon installing, my anti virus picked it up and stopped it... however it seems to still have been installed.

Aaaarghhhh.... just shows you, computer security is NOT to be taken lightly. I had been having problems with my hardware firewall, so it was switched off.... Mmmmm.... that problem is now resolved, and firewall is back on.

Just shows you, I started off in IT, well..... electronics and computing, and it proves anyone can be hit! So to sum up, here's a quick list. Of course I am always playing with computers, hardware and software so probably more at risk than someone who just does straight web and email!


Always use an UP TO DATE anti virus program.

Always use a firewall.

Be VERY careful if you get software that you can't trust 100%.

Never answer a Paypal/eBay query to type in your password or credit card number. (only check paypal through direct typing in of www.paypal.com)