Major problems/security issues with eBay?

[beeper]

Can anyone please give an update to this ebay problem, is it still going on or has it done it's worst already? xx

[jerryrm]

Apparently it's still going on Beeper. Chrissie thinks that she got infected, two days ago.

[Scylla]

It's been said that it is safe to go back into the water but I've not yet double-checked this evening.

scylla

[jerryrm]

This was posted by RalphT on the ECF. Ralph is very knowledgeable about computers and viruses as he works on them for a living. You may want to check it out. Read posts 48386 and 48388.

www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/outside/96999-wheres-j0ker-4839.html

[Chrissie]

Thanks (((Jerry)))

[jerryrm]

[Scylla]

To help with finding the relevant posts:

48386 = www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/outside/96999-wheres-j0ker-2420.html#post2787981

48388 = www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/outside/96999-wheres-j0ker-2420.html#post2788022

Thanks Jerry, I'm a-readin' it and am going to pass on the Secunia to a recalcitrant PC user who blames Bill Gates for everything

Just scanned myself with Secunia = 99%, only Flash ActiveX to be updated, now 100%.



Here's the Secunia download page, save you folks looking:

secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

I already have notifications of program updates from another source which has let ActiveX slip thru the net, so I reckon Secunia is worth having.

scylla

[jerryrm]

I ran the Secunia, Scyl. I had to update three programs, but now I'm up to date.

[fishinahat]

I have used f-secure (last year's winner) since 2005. I pay around £26 a year to cover 3 pcs for a year (50p a week) and have never had any problems.

It has caught and killed stuff other software hasn't even spotted - and picked up an earlier version of the ebay bug - which came off photobucket about a year ago - and zapped it in front of my eyes!!

Basically it shut my whole pc down in a split second - flashed to the blue screen of death - rebooted me and gave me a message to tell me it had caught the little varmint!!

Over the last week, because of the ebay thing - I have run a couple of other things just to check up - and they have found nothing at all.

The only thing that puzzles me about f-secure is that so few people have heard of it or use it.

[Scylla]

Amazon are selling F-Secure 2011 AV/Firewall/AntiPhish etc for under £9

scylla

[Perpetua]

Is this still ongoing with Ebay?

I made the mistake last night of logging onto a selling account ( fortunately I'm not selling anything atm ) and almost immediately Avira flashed up a warning.

It's continued this morning, Avira has dealt with all the nasties so far, but is there a scan I can run to rid my lappy of anything nasty that may be lurking . . . I had a quick look at Stopzilla, but didn't want to download anything that could make things worse without first checking. I know zilch about this stuff.

[Scylla]

www.malwarebytes.org/

The free version is what Grumps recommends.

I would ask on eBay boards if anyone else has had the problem. I'll have a look around.

If it happens again, maybe try to get a screenshot?

{{{Perpy}}}

scylla x

[Scylla]

Any info about the nature of the warning, file names, etc, might help

scylla

[vaped]

This guide to security may help realsecurity.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

If your not sure about visiting a site like you are with Ebay, I would use a sandbox. Anything viewed or run in a sandbox contains it in the box and will not affect the rest of your pc.
Free Sandboxie is a good one, might take a while to learn although it's a simple program. www.sandboxie.com/

A couple of other things for browsers.
trafficlight.bitdefender.com/
www.free-cloudsecurity.com/

[Scylla]

Those kind of programs are always too much trouble for me, Vaped I want security that doesn't let me know it's there. Don't ask much

scylla