possible virus or keylogger?

[gator325]

hey all   i have a possible problem with my log in just now.

i went to log in as usual and my avg warning popped up saying it refused to allow me to enter the sight cause of potential threat - i noticed the url was something like http://Http://home.myspace.... and wondered if that was wrong?  i never really looked at the url after i logged in or during logging in.  should i be worred? if so what can i do? i ran adaware but didnt do anything.  should i reinstall spybot or is it something else?

thank you

[justy]

hmmmm.....suspicious. always make sure the URL is  http://www.myspace.com    phishers usually have the URL that sounds similar to the myspace.com, such as login.myspace.com etc.   change your password just in case. sounds like avg warned you of a possibly "phish threat", which is good. i think you are fine, just change your password  


remember to check the URL if you are suspicious

[gator325]

thanks justy - i made sure i typed in www.myspace.com and got to the log in screen.  after i entered my user name and password is when the url changed to home.myspace... is that the normal url when logging in?  i honestly never looked lol.  but i will change my password - just scared to log in at all right now..

* i just went to change my password and it said new passwords cannot be more than 10 characters in length.. does that seem right? 

[justy]

yes, hun. that is normal after you login    just not before.   after you login it should something like: http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user

so, you are fine. no worries. go ahead and login -you're okay

[gator325]

thanks again justy - not just for this post of mine but others you have helped me with   check out the note i added to above post about the new password  -any thoughts?

[justy]

aww thanks gator!  no problem!   yes, the password popup that you got is normal. i get it all the time, bc my normal passwords for other sites are about 15 letters, characters, & numbers combined!! lol!  so when i go to change my password on myspace, i forget that theirs is limited.  so, once again, you're okay & its perfectly normal!

[gator325]

allright - i aint so worried anymore - does seem strange they dont allow passwords longer than 10 characters.. guess i will just have to deal with it

[justy]

i know. personally, its a pain in my a**, bc i am so picky with passwords...i like mine looooooooooooooong & difficult.  with myspace, well, its just way too easy to break.