Attempted hacking

• Jan 11, 2013

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My wife told me that someone tried to hack her Guild Wars 2 and her Google account which was traced from China. I used her paypal account to buy from lazerer.com since i didnt have one. She seems worried and i felt bad cause she never had any issues like this before. Could this be an isolated incident or is there a connection?

 

• Jan 11, 2013

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Sounds like an isolated incident to me. Just to be sure though. Run a virus scan and make sure your computer is clean.

Plenty of people have ordered from lazerer without a problem. Make sure your firewall and virus protection are no to date as well. Glad to hear it was a failed attempt.

 

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I hope so. I already told her i wanted to get another laser. Most likely that i might buy the next one from a member here and i prolly have to convince and/or beg to use her paypal account again.

 

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Its totally isolated. No worries my friend. Like, jeffrey said though, just double check.
Sounds like someone back-doored you PC. But i could be wrong.

 

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How does she even know that? "Tried" means unsuccessful, yes? Who traced it back to China?

 

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I've had this happen too with my Gmail account. Someone in china tried to get in but Google prevented it from happening.

Cyp, Google automatically traces the country of origin when someone attempts to get into your account. I also think it prevents it from happening if it's in a different country altogether.

 

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She got an email alert from google.

 

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You don't type your gmail or paypal login into lazerer anyways.

 

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Unidentified said:

I hope so. I already told her i wanted to get another laser. Most likely that i might buy the next one from a member here and i prolly have to convince and/or beg to use her paypal account again.

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If a member emails you a Paypal invoice, you can pay with a CC and do not need an account.

 

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Yeah when I went to Prague Google/ Gmail ran me through hoops to get access to my account, because I was signing in from a different country...took me about 20 minuets to access my account.

 

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HitShane said:

If a member emails you a Paypal invoice, you can pay with a CC and do not need an account.

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I just got an approval from my wife to get another laser. :bowdown: Time to go shopping for a 2W+ laser now.

 

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^^ Just talked my wife into getting one of these
Do you have the 8" or the 10"?

 

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• Jan 11, 2013

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HitShane said:

^^ Just talked my wife into getting one of these
Do you have the 8" or the 10"?

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If you're talking bout the telescope, i cant remember for sure. Amazon.com: Orion SpaceProbe 130ST Equatorial Reflector Telescope: Camera & Photo I got it through amazon. You can check it on orion's website as well.