Has Paypal been hacked?

13 years ago

Originally Posted by aromasuccess

Just tried to go to paypal and I am being redirected to

https://www.paypal.com/ro

Romania.

Does anyone else get this? I show nothing in my virus scan and I've erased all cookies.

Is this just advertising from Paypal for a new country? Afraid to enter my password now.

Everything looks fine for me...

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brendan9971

13 years ago

na paypal seems fine to me..
i would say it safe. but wait for someone else opinion.

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gmcdonald 13 years ago

Originally Posted by brendan9971

na paypal seems fine to me..
i would say it safe. but wait for someone else opinion.

I'm not noticing anything different.
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- azmanar 13 years ago
  
  Hi,
  
  Check the plugins and add-ons in FireFox.
  
  Disable all of them and see whether you still go to /ro. Could be it.
  
  If it still does, then get this small software called MalwareBytes Anti-Malware.
  
  Do a scan.
  
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Angela V. Edwards

13 years ago

Originally Posted by aromasuccess

Just tried to go to paypal and I am being redirected to

https://www.paypal.com/ro

Romania.

Does anyone else get this? I show nothing in my virus scan and I've erased all cookies.

Is this just advertising from Paypal for a new country? Afraid to enter my password now.

Perhaps it's something inside of YOUR computer. Do you have a good antivirus program on it?

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Banned 13 years ago

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JohnnyC123 13 years ago

Looks fine to me! Perhaps it is time for you to run some virus scans and clean cache etc?
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online12793

13 years ago

Go to filehippo.com and download the free virus software to scan your computer.

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aromasuccess

13 years ago

I'm running a second scan.

Also I notice when I go to Paypal in IE it resolves just fine. The problem looks to be only in Firefox.

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04Fire

13 years ago

I just logged in and it worked well for me. The cell phone app is working too.

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Ben Armstrong

13 years ago

I've been having all kinds of trouble with paypal recently. I haven't been redirected to another countries page but almost every time I make a payment I get these annoying security checks where they make me change my password and at one stage even restricted my account until I did a credit card verification. I'm getting extremely annoyed.

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jenniferlne

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Ben Armstrong

I've been having all kinds of trouble with paypal recently. I haven't been redirected to another countries page but almost every time I make a payment I get these annoying security checks where they make me change my password and at one stage even restricted my account until I did a credit card verification. I'm getting extremely annoyed.

I have to agree. It won't let me pay for a WSO, so I don't get to be apart of it...

This is so frustrating.

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MatthewCrump

13 years ago

My paypal seems to be going to www.paypal.com/ro aswell very weird

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aromasuccess 13 years ago

Originally Posted by MatthewCrump

My paypal seems to be going to www.paypal.com/ro aswell very weird

Matthew, what browser are you using? Are you in Firefox?
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- MatthewCrump 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by aromasuccess
  
  Matthew, what browser are you using? Are you in Firefox?
  
  Nope aromasuccess IE mate
  Currently doing a scan of my whole system
  
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blillard

13 years ago

Looking Good On my end as well I would Look at your browser or internet connection. maybe it slowing up a little.

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Rus Sells

13 years ago

This sounds like a typical browser hyjack. Find Hyjackthis, just search it. Its free and extensive. Post your findings on their forums and EXPERIENCED people will help you fix any problems they find.

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Rob Whisonant

13 years ago

Check your browsers language settings and see if maybe that got changed. PayPal may be looking at that setting to determine what page to show.

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MatthewCrump

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant

Check your browsers language settings and see if maybe that got changed. PayPal may be looking at that setting to determine what page to show.

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Rob i looked all on english mate it really weird i changed it on paypal site and directs to my paypal.com/au site like it meant to but still a bit worried to use it incase my account gets hacked etc

-Matthew

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AverageGuy

13 years ago

did you use proxy? looke like your proxy is from ro.

david

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MatthewCrump

13 years ago

Proxy ??? as in Proxy server no it should be from Australia

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King Louie 13 years ago

Paypal redirects to your country-specific page. I type www,paypal.com and it goes to www,paypal.com/ph. It's perfectly normal.
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- MatthewCrump 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Content Winner
  
  Paypal redirects to your country-specific page. I type www,paypal.com and it goes to www,paypal.com/ph. It's perfectly normal.
  
  i know i live in australia though mine was redirecting to www.paypal.com/ro not www.paypal.com/au like it meant to it is now but i'm still worried why i am doing a full system scan incase of a virus etc
  
  -Matthew
  
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lilc800

13 years ago

Paypal is fine for me.. I think he would take some serious hacking to take them down..

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MatthewCrump 13 years ago

Originally Posted by lilc800

Paypal is fine for me.. I think he would take some serious hacking to take them down..

Yeah i know but you can never be to Careful
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aromasuccess

13 years ago

My language is english as well. I'm in the U.S. but was still redirected to /ro.

I just switched it back to the U.S. using Paypal's drop down menu. I'll see how long it holds. I last logged in a couple of days ago -- no problems. This all just seemed to start today/tonight.

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Dylan K

13 years ago

This typically happens when you buy a product from someone in that country.

Nothing to worry about.

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aromasuccess 13 years ago

Originally Posted by hoot33

This typically happens when you buy a product from someone in that country.

Nothing to worry about.

That's interesting hoot. This may be the case. I did attempt to purchase a product in Euros a couple of days ago. Never went through with it, but its quite possible that was it.
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Jamie Charles

13 years ago

PayPal has been all kinds of weird for me lately.

The main page with payments received and sent has had a weird glitch where the same event is repeated on multiple lines.

I've had recurring customers charged twice in the same month, being reported as "Skipped Payments".

My recurring billing agreement being canceled for no reason multiple times.

On top of it, their support is useless.

PayPal is a fantastic service when working, but lately its been a trying experience.

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coolidge

13 years ago

My payal is fine. You should get a virus software from zonealarm like Internet security suite. I've been using it for years. Many financial institutions use it and trust it.

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Jay Moreno

13 years ago

this just started happening to me the past few days - i get redirected to paypal.com/ro too

if anything i am overly cautious about security etc... cleared history, bookmarks, cookies, and cache - still redirects to ro page???

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g36

13 years ago

It's easy, clear your browser history, caches, and cookies. Try to go to paypal now. I bet it's no longer redirecting to another country.

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Jay Moreno 13 years ago

Originally Posted by g36

It's easy, clear your browser history, caches, and cookies. Try to go to paypal now. I bet it's no longer redirecting to another country.

Cheers I already did that - I'm not too concerned as the green ssl cert is still paypal just weird

@designtoconvert yeah that's what I am doing and it auto redirects

@chris I'll try and do that will figure it out in the morning as it seems I'm not alone with this issue thanks for the advice - I have a direct number too for paypal I'll have to dig that out

@mike I use and develop code that uses geo tech too and i know my ip is showing correct country against maxmind - like you said it could be their side having a couple of issues a blip in the matrix lol

Am a web developer and a bit of a techie so am pretty familiar with caching, cookies, proxies etc just very bizarre
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Mike Hill

13 years ago

Same thing is happening with ClickBank. Wherever they are getting their GEO data from (I think it's called that) is the problem. This is so they can redirect to your own countries currency when you go to buy something. Nothing to worry about, just make sure you change the currency before you buy something

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jaiganeshv

13 years ago

BTW, make sure you never share your paypal login or other info to any suspicious emails or sites that don't look like paypal's

Thank you
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design2convert

13 years ago

Originally Posted by aromasuccess

Just tried to go to paypal and I am being redirected to

https://www.paypal.com/ro

Romania.

Does anyone else get this? I show nothing in my virus scan and I've erased all cookies.

Is this just advertising from Paypal for a new country? Afraid to enter my password now.

Working fine here with me too. You should go simply www.paypal.com

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Chris Cole

13 years ago

Have you tried contacting Paypal to see what their opinion of this is? - You could also take a screenshot of this and have it as evidence to provide to them.

They will have a dept that deals with this all of the time and they might already be aware if there are any issues to worry about.

Also go get the malwarebytes and do a full scan!

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