I'll try to answer a bunch of questions in one post. Hopefully this will cover everything...
mukwoh04 - it is difficult to say where the bad guys obtained your email address. Since they are so anxious to steal your password and other information, they will get your email address anywhere they can. Some possibilities are: they bought it on an email list, the scraped it off of the web (I've started receiving phishing emails to this email address since I started posting on the boards), ... If they have your email address it is very unlikely that they have other information about you. Think about it this way - if they had your email address AND they had other information about you, they wouldn't have to try to trick you to get that information!
just*another*borg - As I stated earlier, we have a team working 24x7 to get these sites taken down quickly. Unfortunately, there are some ISP's that are not as efficient at getting to these sites as we would like. We are constantly improving our processes to make sure these sites are addressed quickly.
valleyboy42 - the eBay Toolbar does not contain spyware. 'Spyware' is software that is downloaded onto your computer without your knowledge to collect personal information and record your Internet usage. eBay Toolbar is only downloaded with your consent and does not collect any personal information. The only time eBay Toolbar sends information to eBay about your off-eBay Internet experiences is when you explicitly report potential spoof Web sites to us. We encourage all eBay Toolbar users to review the specific ways eBay uses and protects your personal information by reading the eBay Privacy Statement located http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html.
If you try to install the toolbar again and are alerted to it being spyware, please email me (hopefully my email address is obvious) and tell me which company still says it is spyware so that we can get that addressed.
Thanks for your interest in this subject!
-Laura