Re: ebay
 

Ah right, i see. I didn't know if that was possible with all the chips and things going on these days. These criminals are pretty clever aren't they!

Re: ebay
 

If you use firefox you can download the Spoof Stick extension this will display the actual web address that your on, sometimes your browser can say that your on ebay.co.uk or some other site you think is legit, and instead your on a completly different site. see the Your on... top right of screen --> Screeny

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And doesn't ZoneAlarm stop you from putting your password and stuff into a fake ebay site? I'm sure i saw that somewhere on there.
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how come you've got all them icons on your taskbar?

Re: ebay
 

I dont use a software firewall like ZA, I have a router with firewall built-in... as for them icons, they are just shortcuts to some of the programs I use a lot. :)

Re: ebay
 

Yes, but you need to enable it.

And some of us use our router's hardware firewall _and_ Zone Alarm. ;-)

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Basically if you get "ANY!!!!!!" email from ebay/paypal/bank asking you for login details or personal information consider it fraud email, they will never send out such email's.

Re: ebay
 

Absolutely. Despite the other precautions you can put in place, there is no substitute for judicious use of loaf.

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Theres an Ebay tool bar that when loaded tells you when your not on a genuine ebay site.

It works well as we had a spate of these emails, got sick of reporting them to ebay.

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Yes the Ebay IE toolbar does work well.

However, I initially had a nightmare getting it to download. In the end, I found a link to a US site which said that I needed to enable BHO's - Browser Helper Objects in IE if I'm on Win XP SP2 (I *think* that's the term), and gave instructions on how to do this. Afterwards, the toolbar installed okay.

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that is exactly what they said when i forward the mail to the spoof address