Just several hours ago a friend of mine, who is an up and coming eBay seller, got hacked.
The first sign that his computer’s security had been compromised came when several unauthorized listing went up on his eBay account. He immediately tried to access the account and discovered that his password had been changed. Right after going through the process of recovering a forgotten eBay password, he tried to log into his email. At that point he found out that his email had been hijacked as well. After contacting both eBay and Gmail and verifying his identity, both accounts have been temporarily suspended.
His passwords were stolen by means of an unauthorized key-logger, which kept a record of everything he typed, including passwords, and later transmitted it to the cyber burglar.
The reason his computer was easily accessed by this criminal is because he ran his computer like a yard-sale. Nothing at all stood guard.
Preventing these kind of attacks is easy, and there is no reason that anyone should have to be subjected to them. All you have to do is get a good quality firewall.
I must stress however that an antivirus alone is not enough to protect you. A firewall must be used to ensure this type of protection.
I recommend the free Comodo Firewall. It will help keep you system safe and secure with minimal effort and know how.
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