I think that I may have been phished.

[techzilla]

I may have been phished earlier today. I responded to an e-mail from (supposedely) PayPal stating that my account might have been compromised and to click the link to verify the account. No bells went of in my head as they should have so I clicked and was asked to verify my checking account info, which I did. Now I became suspicious and went back to the e-mail but it was gone. It  may have deleted itself but I haven't been able to find it since.

Anyway, I wanted to find out if the e-mail was the real-deal or a phoney.

Anyone got any suggestions or a similiar story?

Bill

[surplusdealdude]

It's a phishing email and you may have downloaded a keylogger spyware.

Do this IMMEDIATELY;

Change your passwords - all of them.

THEN, you need to run several anti-spyware programs in case you got a keylogger downloaded to your computer.  Spybot and Malware anti-malware are good and they're free - Google them for the download sites.


THEN, you need to change all of your passwords AGAIN, in case the keylogger had time to send the password change to another computer.

[techzilla]

Thanks.  I've dorne as you suggested and didn't find a keylogger but did find some malsicious files which could have been a keylogger. Thanks again.

Bill

[SLAPMAN44]

SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND ALL OF MY INFORMATION WAS POSTED ON CHAT ROOMS . PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CHARGE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO E-BAY.NEWEGG,ZIPZOOMFLY,,,,TV SETS ,COMPUTERS YOU NAME IT.CHANGE ALL OF YOUR PASS WORDS ASAP....AND PRAY

[surplusdealdude]

That sounds more like an angry ex than a scammer, actually.

[techzilla]

Thanks for everyone's input. I believe that my account is secure once again.

Bill