Concerned about possible....well...virus?

I've been digging through these forums so perhaps virus isn't right. But I'm concerned. And could use some help, guidance.
I'll start by saying that today I had someone hack into my paypal account and make an unauthorized transaction. I received an e-mail about the transaction and I did click the link in the e-mail and got to a login screen that required my credit card # or my bank account #. I didn't give either and closed the window. I went directly to paypal,com and found a phone # and called them. Indeed there was an unauthorized transaction that I've since gotten rid of.
During this time I sent an e-mail to my husband with a high level comment about the paypal issue. This e-mail was sent via entourage. That was at 3pm, however, in my sent folder it looks like I sent it to myself. At 3:04 I received a reply back that appeared to come from me. Inside the note said for me to ignore the problem that paypal sometimes has these things happen. This was of course alarming. I've now turned off my MAC.
Any ideas what may be going on? Could someone have gotten into my MAC somehow? or is there another explanation?
Very concerned....thanks.

CPfreak wrote:
The Paypal hacker has probably gotten your password and email address, and may have logged into your email (which explains the strange message). Turning your Mac off won't stop that; you've got to change your Paypal and email passwords, as soon as possible. If you use the same password for anything else significant (i.e., online banking, etc.) change that too.
I would add to this that anyone using any form of online money transactions/purchases etc. these days must invent in an identity protection program. There are several, but only one or two actually work. Nobody can use any of my cards without my permission and any charges outside my usual habits are temporarily blocked and I get a phone call for approval.
I had a bad experience with PayPal years ago. Ever since then I have been wary or both PayPal and their sister eBay. There is a lot of "sharing" going on with credit card numbers.
I only make online transactions with what I consider fully reputable companies such as Amazon.
I use PayPal only in an emergency or when it is the only option. PayPal has a credit card number that I never use for anything else and I check it regularly.
Online shopping is not safe as it once was. And even then it was never really safe.
Of course buying via a cellphone is not secure either.

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