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« on: September 03, 2007, 16:25 »
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I just got an e-mail from Fotolia:

A request has been made on Fotolia to reset
the password to the Fotolia.com account associated with this email address.


Perhaps a new user that wanted to reserve the name - but if not, I'm surely a little pissed.

Is there someone out there attempting to cash-out our accounts?



« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2007, 16:28 »
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Pixart,

along with that 'free-thing' on BigStock it seems to me there are strangethings going on with your portfolios.  Are you sure nobody got access to your login and/or passwords ?

I would change all my passwords immediately if I got two of these strange things in one day

« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2007, 16:35 »
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yeah, does seem a little fishy.  I would change my password too if i were you.

« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2007, 16:41 »
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And just in case, change it in another computer.

BTW, yesterday I found a bank password stealer in my PC, nad i'ts ben here since Thursday (luckily I haven't used Internet banking in this period).  I have no idea how I got this, as I'm very careful with emails and sites, and I have an updated resident antivirus (AVG Free) - which, incidently, didn't recognize the malicious program even when I scanned my whole HD. 

Regards,
Adelaide

« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2007, 16:43 »
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With multiple accounts across the microstock agencies, I wonder how many of us are guilty of using the same password :-\

If this is so then if one site gets compromised then you could have a problem on the others.

I would definately change your password/s immediately and check the personal info on your profiles.

« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2007, 17:26 »
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Yes, I am on the same wave of thought and I'm in the process... I can't find the password area on Bigstock though...  will look again once I finish the others.

I'm too old to remember all these passwords.

« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2007, 17:33 »
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And just in case, change it in another computer.

BTW, yesterday I found a bank password stealer in my PC, nad i'ts ben here since Thursday (luckily I haven't used Internet banking in this period).  I have no idea how I got this, as I'm very careful with emails and sites, and I have an updated resident antivirus (AVG Free) - which, incidently, didn't recognize the malicious program even when I scanned my whole HD. 

Regards,
Adelaide

Adelaide, how did you find it then? 

« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2007, 20:49 »
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Pixart,

There was an error msg when I turned my PC yesterday, a program loading error.  The program was called MW.exe, but I didn't find it in my PC.  I scan it with AVG and it found something else, apparently unimportant.  However, I examined Taskmanager and saw a process I had never seen before, WAPP.exe.  I searched for it and found it in my Start menu (I'm not sure how it's called in English, a folder with programs that run during Win start up), and I found it quite odd, so I searched in the Internet.  It seems WAPP is a Brazilian variant for the MW bank password stealer.  Gladly there is a program to clean it and it caused no further damage. 

Regards,
Adelaide

« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2007, 21:00 »
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Fishy or Phissy? IMHO it's irresponsible to do internet-banking. I go to the counter and I keep paper records. Lost 1000's of $ by a Visa-fraud (copied in a shop) and Visa dropped me like dead sh*t. Cash rules from now on.

« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2007, 21:08 »
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I'm too old to remember all these passwords.

After the Galastock fraud (an employee stealing shots) I made a different password for all sites. It consists of a site acronym, a unique 6-digit number that is only significant to me, and a 4-character random string per site. I can remember that 6-digit number. The other characters I keep on a small tag-it sticky paper on the side my screen. Didn't come across malware yet that can read sticky notes on your screen.

For forums and stuff, I use the same password every time, plus a disposable Yahoo email address where the Nigerian bankers, the UK lotteries and the hot ladies can send anything they like.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2007, 21:10 by FlemishDreams »

« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2007, 22:05 »
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Coincidence or not?

Sole reason I bailed out of FT was something 'fishy'.

Every time I would build up some credits in sales... they would all disappear as purchases that I had supposedly made.

Never made a purchase at all.  This happened to me 3 times.  After exchanging emails back and forth with Chad B.  and a phone call to FT... all my credits were given back.  But with no explanation as to how someone was purchasing photos with my money on my account.   I yanked all my pix off FT except for one.  It sits there selling once in awhile along with my miniscule credits. I'm waiting to see if it happens again.

« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2007, 22:39 »
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For anyone reading this thread - it is definitely a wise choice to have different passwords around.  If someone got the sole password they could likely funnel some good $ out of a few accounts.  And if you sign up with every new unproven start-up... oh my, and then there's forums etc.

Pixart is someone else at Istock.  I was a buyer there first and had an account, but I forgot that it wasnt Pixart so I tried to reset it, etc. then figured out that - oh yeah, I'm pixartdesign there!   (So, the IS Pixart likely got a freaky e-mail).  So this might be what happened at Fotolia, perhaps someone else tried to create a user profile with Pixart.  But... just the same... has me on the lookout and thought I should bring it up here.  I just need to be more viligant and change those passwords every couple weeks.

a.k.a.-tom - that's rather disturbing.  To make it worse they didn't offer an explanation. 

« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2007, 18:59 »
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based on this site's comments I've recently changed almost all of my passwords.  I've resisted this because I can't really remember what I've got where so same = only way.  I've now got  a coding scheme so it's possible to make them unique and re-callable.  thanks to those that shared their experiences as I've benifitted.


 

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