lastdodobird
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Thanks for the IP! Didn't occur to me to ping the site here at work.
I'll do the safemode scanning later
Hopefully something turns up, gets fixed and I'll be able to browse PayPal at home again.
I've been thinking... Any chance that the recipient of the payment also doesn't have any knowledge of the fraudulent transaction? See, I was browsing this other thread here and on this post, the OP says that:
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So my understanding was that the merchant didn't really do the hacking and someone just wanted to cause trouble.
Of course it's just one party's word against another... but I was just wondering
Originally Posted by zyxwvutsr /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's probably the malware that stole your password that's preventing you from connecting to paypal. have you tried booting into safemode to run your antivirus and spyware scanners? Here's the IP address of paypal as of this posting - 64.4.241.33 |
Thanks for the IP! Didn't occur to me to ping the site here at work.
I'll do the safemode scanning later
I've been thinking... Any chance that the recipient of the payment also doesn't have any knowledge of the fraudulent transaction? See, I was browsing this other thread here and on this post, the OP says that:
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Oh also, Paypal accepted the claim and refunded the $99 just then. The merchant who got the money had this to say: "Make sure to change your paypal account password. It seems that a hacker got hold of your information. Please view more information at paypal.com to learn how to protect yourself against fraudulent transactions." |
So my understanding was that the merchant didn't really do the hacking and someone just wanted to cause trouble.
Of course it's just one party's word against another... but I was just wondering