Comments on: How To Keep Your Paypal Account Safe From Hackers

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:34:38 +0000

Yes the security key option is still there as I’ve just ordered one thanks to this blog. SMS is still there too, at least in http://www.paypal.com/uk anyway. £3 each for a key thing.
I feel bad for people who have had their accounts emptied by these criminals

By: Navjot Singh

Navjot Singh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:26:24 +0000

It seems there is no security key option now. I don’t see any such thing now.

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By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:46:47 +0000

I just went to the PayPal site to check the Security Key. It seems to only offer the hardware version now. I have emailed them to ask what happened to the other option.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000

You can tell when an email is from eBay or PayPal because they will always tart the email with your full name, e.g

Dear Mark Blah,
someone has tried to reset your password……

NEVER Dear user or similar.

Just so you know,
Hope this helps,
Mark

By: Taqi

Taqi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:21:13 +0000

One hacker hacked my paypal account, and transferred all my earning to his account…. Can paypal trace who did this to me, and caught him ?

By: Harsh @Shoutmeloud

Harsh @Shoutmeloud — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:25:55 +0000

Hey thanks for Great share.. I usually don’t keep much cash into y paypal…
Probably Scared coz of such hack attempt..

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:09:15 +0000

I agree that PayPal phishing is a real problem and some of your tips are good, but people need to be careful about a couple of them:

First the online keyboard looks good, but as they say on their website:

While on-screen keyboards offer protection against hardware keyloggers, they do not offer protection against software keyloggers (which are far more common).

Your more likely to get a some malware (software) than someone sneaking into your house to install a hardware keylogger, so this is of limited use – except in an internet cafe perhaps.

Second, regarding running a browser on your USB drive: many viruses are spread through USB drives. Unless you’re sure the computers you are plugging them into are free of viruses, you may actually transfer a virus to your own computer. Having a separate portable browser is a good idea in itself, but just be careful when using USB drives.

By: Ryan Dube

Ryan Dube — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:56:02 +0000

Thanks xgeoph Ray – I appreciate your passing along the article! I hope it helps more people protect themselves.

By: Xgeoph Ray

Xgeoph Ray — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:28:05 +0000

I’ve been using the PayPal Digital Security Key since it was first introduced and it’s great. It also secures your eBay from hacking too. This is a great article that I will definitely share to my not-so-techy friends/family.

By: keyword tool

keyword tool — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:45:23 +0000

Someone hacked my paypal account 3 months ago. They spent my entire life savings.

By: president

president — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:03:23 +0000

I have had the security for awhile now. Kind of a pain in the ass to locate sometimes but keeps my account safe for sure!

By: Alice Gibson

Alice Gibson — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:04:14 +0000

I recievedan email from allegedly a Pay Pal represent who sted that some attempted to make an unauthorized access to my Pay Pal account. First of all I do not have a Pay Pal account and I want this kind of phoney email to stop.

Thanks for your assistance.

Revsis2@aol.com

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By: Ryan Dube

Ryan Dube — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:01:18 +0000

Hi Kani, sorry to hear about that. Did you click on any email links from a Paypal email and sign in? If not then you might have a keylogger – check out the anti-keylogger software above, run good solid scans on your computer to make sure you’re not infected with one of those pests… Good luck!

By: kani

kani — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:20:22 +0000

some one hacked my paypal id and password without my knowledge transfer 235$ to his accounts i don’t know that hacker still in my computer please help me to how i find out?

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By: Dube

Dube — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:28:10 +0000

Wonderful article! I didn’t know about most of these features. I’ll be checking into the anti-key logger and some others. It was also a surprise to see that this was written with someone who shares my last name. It’s not very common!

By: Mohan

Mohan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:05:37 +0000

I did not know about the Paypal security key and the texting option. Another source of phishing scams that target Paypal account holders are PTC sites. Yesterday I signed up with NeoBux and put in my Paypal Email ID. Within minutes I received a Paypal phishing email. May be they are not ethical and they know for sure an email is having Paypal account, so they send out a phishing mail.

By: geekTips

geekTips — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:54:09 +0000

Thanks for the tips mate, I’m sure it will help a lot of Paypal users safe from hackers (including me).

By: T.J. Mininday

T.J. Mininday — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:32:08 +0000

Wow, great article. I knew about the $5 security key, but not about the ability to have PayPal send you a text with the number. Don’t you think there are a lot more key loggers out there then you realize.

Can’t something as simple as malware program begin logging your keystrokes?