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LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
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ups.com... Clams Canino wrote: How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name?? Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public. -W ebay is constantly being "hacked". seems like they can get your email add's. but can only get sensetive info from you. Like, getting these bogus letters, and clicking on the links provided in the letter. Some will ask for your password, some will take you to an open page of nothing. but has provided an anti security worm, to infiltrate (variation of a trojan horse) to seek and gather the info. To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062 To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam you better. :)Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type in, so as to rob you. I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those "freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2. The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your source for "freeware". The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites. etc.... -W |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"Clams Canino" wrote in message ink.net... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062 To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam you better. :)Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type in, so as to rob you. I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those "freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2. The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your source for "freeware". The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites. etc.... -W Question for you computer experts: How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page? Eisboch |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"Eisboch" wrote in message
... "Clams Canino" wrote in message ink.net... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062 To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam you better. :)Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type in, so as to rob you. I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those "freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2. The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your source for "freeware". The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites. etc.... -W Question for you computer experts: How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page? Eisboch Been doing it for 6 years without a problem. But, go to www.visa.com and sign up for the "Verified By Visa" thing. And do NOT use your debit card, ever, for an online purchase. |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
If you browser is showing the lock on that web site then that means that the
all the exchanges between you and the web site are encrypted. It is not a completely foolproof encryption but nobody outside of places like nsa have got the computer horsepower to break it. Plus they would have to intercept your actual traffic to even begin and the comm companies have got the major routing nodes and lines pretty well locked down. You do have some vulnerability in that you are assuming that the other party has taken the effort to secure their site and servers. This is not likely to be a problem with big companies like amazon, ebay, walmart, etc. But mom and pop operations that have decided to do their own servers may not be so good. Usually you can tell if the store is doing their own thing or buying web services form a big web server shop. I once received an invitation to list our vacation rental propery on a new site for free. I went to it and signed up to get an account. After I snooped around a while I realized that they had left access to their vacation site user id/password file open on their server. There along with everyone else was my new id and password to get on their site. I downloaded it and emailed them a copy suggesting they clean it up. "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Clams Canino" wrote in message ink.net... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062 To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam you better. :)Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type in, so as to rob you. I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those "freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2. The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your source for "freeware". The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites. etc.... -W Question for you computer experts: How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page? Eisboch |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"James" wrote in message
link.net... If you browser is showing the lock on that web site then that means that the all the exchanges between you and the web site are encrypted. It is not a completely foolproof encryption but nobody outside of places like nsa have got the computer horsepower to break it. Plus they would have to intercept your actual traffic to even begin and the comm companies have got the major routing nodes and lines pretty well locked down. I was wondering about keystroke loggers. I don't recall, but it might've been Eisboch who said he had no need for a firewall that monitored outbound nasties because he'd never been infected with anything nasty. Yet. |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"Eisboch" wrote:
Question for you computer experts: How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page? Eisboch "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Been doing it for 6 years without a problem. But, go to www.visa.com and sign up for the "Verified By Visa" thing. And do NOT use your debit card, ever, for an online purchase. "James" wrote in message link.net... If you browser is showing the lock on that web site then that means that the all the exchanges between you and the web site are encrypted. It is not a completely foolproof encryption but nobody outside of places like nsa have got the computer horsepower to break it. Plus they would have to intercept your actual traffic to even begin and the comm companies have got the major routing nodes and lines pretty well locked down. Thanks. I've also done it for years without any problems so far but as a precaution I always use the same credit card that I specifically asked to have only a $1000 dollar limit on. I figured that way my liability, if any, would be limited if someone was able to get the info. Eisboch |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
Eisboch wrote:
"Clams Canino" wrote in message ink.net... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062 To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds? Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam you better. :)Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type in, so as to rob you. I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those "freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2. The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your source for "freeware". The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites. etc.... -W Question for you computer experts: How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page? Eisboch I buy online all the time, but normally use Citibank's Virtual Credit Card. The Card Number is only good for that one order. |
LOL! another Ebay "response" scam!
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... I was wondering about keystroke loggers. I don't recall, but it might've been Eisboch who said he had no need for a firewall that monitored outbound nasties because he'd never been infected with anything nasty. Yet. Yup. That was me. And 4 days after I said it my computer at home picked up some kind of spyware thing. I keep getting pop-ups trying to sell me everything from cars to vacations to dates with beautiful, single women. It's not porn crap or anything ... just annoying junk. I went to Microsofts's Security Website and did an on-line scan and fix doober. It found and corrected a worm, but there was one file it said it could not fix. The computer ran ok for a while, then the stupid pop-ups started all over again. I adjusted the pop-up blocker to prevent *any* pop-ups, but they still come through. I'll take it to a computer shop and let them clean it up. Eisboch |
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