The most likely source of the breech of your password is a trojan key logger or one that locates your passwords and sends it all off to the bad guys.
How is your computer security? Anti virus up to date? firewall? Who besides you uses the computer? Cracking passwords is simple as long as you get to make repeated trys. PayPal will not hold still for that approach. Do you know how to look for trojans on your computer? remember, most AV programs do not prevent a trojan. Each account must have a completely different password. All financial / important passwords must only be used once, do not rotate between accounts. From [email protected] Tue Mar 25 06:38:46 2008 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Tue Mar 25 06:39:22 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] OTHER WAYS for Possible Ebay fraudulent listing Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:57:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Another word on passwords. Don't use a name spelled backward. The dictionary attacks will find those too. A word in another language is also no good. A lot of people will try to be smart by substituting a "3" for an "E" or a "1" for and "I", etc. The programs also look for this substitution. It is best to have a minimum of eight characters and a mixture of letters, numbers and special characters (@#$$%^). Everything else has been covered pretty well. and don't "click" on anyy of those many emails we regularly receive - aka 'Nigerian' ffers. Sometimes those are mini-programs to obtain your password (whenever changed), without your knowledge. Allen **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) From [email protected] Tue Mar 25 08:11:37 2008 From: [email protected] (Michael Graziano) Date: Tue Mar 25 08:12:22 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] OTHER WAYS for Possible Ebay fraudulent listing In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <a3b2ea783fec470384056f299366b...@dellxps410> In my case, I think a keystroke recorder was temporarily installed when I mistyped a website. If I remember correctly, it was some variation of BabiesRus.com. My virus definitions were a week old, but Norton caught something a few days afterwards, after my definition update. Whatever the page was, it opened close to thirty other websites in new windows almost instantaneously. It's always better to google a website you're unsure of then try to guess at the site. My passwords are always random numbers and letters. In fact, I have an excel spreadsheet I use to generate 8 character random passwords (letters and numbers, but only lowercase). I can modify for upper and lower, but that always seems too much work to remember. If anyone wants it, I'll be happy to send it along. It's a small spreadsheet. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] OTHER WAYS for Possible Ebay fraudulent listing In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:57:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Another word on passwords. Don't use a name spelled backward. The dictionary attacks will find those too. A word in another language is also no good. A lot of people will try to be smart by substituting a "3" for an "E" or a "1" for and "I", etc. The programs also look for this substitution. It is best to have a minimum of eight characters and a mixture of letters, numbers and special characters (@#$$%^). Everything else has been covered pretty well. and don't "click" on anyy of those many emails we regularly receive - aka 'Nigerian' ffers. Sometimes those are mini-programs to obtain your password (whenever changed), without your knowledge. Allen **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom0 0030000000001) _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
