"Whether the port scan is used as part of an infection or part of e-commerce or bank "security checks", it is clearly malicious behavior and may fall on the wrong side of the law."
Though I really don't know what ebay or banks or any site might be doing, it seems like it's almost certainly a defensive thing looking for signs of trouble. I don't know if I'd call it malicious. Isn't this totally harmless in this case? That is, eBay portscans me, how is this malicious?
"Whether the port scan is used as part of an infection or part of e-commerce or bank "security checks", it is clearly malicious behavior and may fall on the wrong side of the law."
Though I really don't know what ebay or banks or any site might be doing, it seems like it's almost certainly a defensive thing looking for signs of trouble. I don't know if I'd call it malicious. Isn't this totally harmless in this case? That is, eBay portscans me, how is this malicious?