Strange Ebay Page!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:02 am

Did anyone else get this...?

I go to "My Ebay" page and attempt to log in. I am shown a new page titled "Attention"... It now asks me for a bunch of personal information, everything from my ATM card number to my mother's maiden name! I'm not giving any of that out.

The page says it is a new ebay effort to avoid fraudulent use. Is this page real or do I have some sort of worm program on my computer redirecting me to a con artist?

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:39 am

Nope... sounds like a possible fraud diversion...

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:14 am

Are you connecting directly to ebay, or using a link?

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:24 pm

Definitely sounds like a phishing site to me.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:53 pm

I was using a bookmark. Anyway, I rolled back my computer to an earlier restore point. It stopped.

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:24 pm

Wow, that's crazy. Are you saying the worm found your "My eBay" bookmark and rewrote it to point to the phishing site??

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:33 pm

Even when I didn't use the bookmark! I think the worm detected the ebay sign in page and redirected me. The address bar didn't look suspicious, but I think there are ways to hide the real http address... Fortunately, a system roll back solved it.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:12 am

Maybe it hacked your hosts/resolver settings so it overruns whatever your DNS points out?

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:25 am

Even when I didn't use the bookmark! I think the worm detected the ebay sign in page and redirected me.

That really is worrying! I've always told people not to use links to sensative sites.