New Ebay security?

[Doodaddy]

I just attempted to log into my Ebay account last night and was prompted with an array of security information. Some of what they're asking, I do not ever remember giving nor am I entirely keen on giving it now. Why does Ebay need my Social Security Number?

Anyone else been prompted with this?

 

[elgecko]

It's a trap! Seriously!

 

[RWP]

Yep, watch out you probably have something bad going on.

 

[burk48237]

It's a trap! Seriously!

Please don't tell me you received an email and followed that link into Ebay? They tried it with me. Email Ebay immediately!!!

 

[RWP]

If you gave them your SSN and DOB I would call LifeLock next. Seriously.

 

[Doodaddy]

I haven't entered anything. I haven't clicked on any link to arrive at the page other than "My Ebay" from the ebay page.

What exactly, and how, could this be happening?

 

[elgecko]

Please don't tell me you received an email and followed that link into Ebay? They tried it with me. Email Ebay immediately!!!

Nope, didn't get the phish but I wouldn't have clicked on it if I had.

I DID just get en email from "UPS". They couldn't deliver a package and wanted me to download a zip file and complete a form

 

[Jimmy Bones]

I just checked my account. No extra features. No phishing for me either.

 

[Doodaddy]

I just checked on a different PC, didn't happen there. It tries the phishing regardless of the account trying to be logged into and regardless of the browser. Interesting.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

You must have gotten a mod hack on your browsers, or some sort of piggyback that acts like a proxy.

 

[Doodaddy]

You must have gotten a mod hack on your browsers, or some sort of piggyback that acts like a proxy.

They have been feeling a bit sluggish lately. hrm

 

[RWP]

Try Spybot, Adaware and Malwarebytes. Bet you find some interesting things.

 

[Doodaddy]

Try Spybot, Adaware and Malwarebytes. Bet you find some interesting things.

Run all 3 of them regularly, they really seem to find much. Never had a virus, always had AVG updated.

This is the weirdest thing that's happened since I built this machine back in 04.

 

[groooooove]

ebay does not need that information. its for real, not safe.

ive been buying and selling for a few years, never entered that kind of stuff.

 

[DigMe]

bc

 

[Doodaddy]

Turns out that whatever it was had me connecting through a proxy. Sneaky.

 

[coreyfyfe]

I DID just get en email from "UPS". They couldn't deliver a package and wanted me to download a zip file and complete a form

I keep getting those at work. Our email servers keep flagging them as containing a virus so I've ignored them. Odd that they're using UPS as a carrier....

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

I keep getting those at work. Our email servers keep flagging them as containing a virus so I've ignored them. Odd that they're using UPS as a carrier....

That's a well-known scam that has been in the News and is flagged up everywhere on the net as a classic phishing scam!!

http://www.scambusters.org/upsscam.html


I think that the problem talked about in this thread sounds like a classic Trojan.....?

 

[Doodaddy]

Well, it's doing it again. I have a laptop coming in this week and building a desktop soon. I'll just not do anything important here I suppose.