Security concern - update #2

[chrisj7903]

OK I rang eBay (they are open 7 days) and we were able to confirm username "chjecje.r5qsvyx" is not malicious, just a guest account I must have created accidentally 3 days ago. Apparently these are meant to be 1 time only accounts, but somehow it managed to stay alive over 3 days, even though I shutdown every night.

To complicate things a little, it looks like a moderator of this forum decided to delete my previous post "Security concern -- UPDATE -- VERY SERIOUS". Perhaps they thought it was duplicate, but it wasn't, and there were many helpful comments there. Thanks everyone for your help = problem resolved.

[chrisj7903]

No need really, plus I tried to log into that guest while talking to eBay and it had expired.

Anyway I think we've done this to death 🙂 and my issue has been resolved

cheers

[chrisj7903 · Accepted solution]

For the record the "Accepted Solution" solution to this issue would be message #16 posted by crow333crow in the other thread started under guest username chjecje.r5qsvyx "Security concern -- UPDATE -- VERY SERIOUS", where he (she? 🙂 states:

"My guess is that Chris has purchased an item as a guest and that's why that username has come up and then he has signed in and now both usernames are appearing and are both online."

(the guest username is no longer accessible, so I can't login there to mark that message as accepted)

For the mods: Please note this whole discussion was greatly complicated by a rushed decision to merge the two threads. I would recommend a basic rule: two threads under dfferent usernames should never be merged, even if they look very similar. 

[chrisj7903 · Accepted solution]

"My guess is that Chris has purchased an item as a guest and that's why that username has come up and then he has signed in and now both usernames are appearing and are both online."

(the guest username is no longer accessible, so I can't login there to mark that message as accepted)

For the mods: Please note this whole discussion was greatly complicated by a rushed decision to merge the two threads. I would recommend a basic rule: two threads under dfferent usernames should never be merged, even if they look very similar.