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[Closed] Fake bank website

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 FOG
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Tried to get on my bank website- Yorkshire - but it has been replaced on my PC by a fake site put up by some domain company.How did this get through my firewall/protection software and what can I do to get rid of it and access my real online banking service?


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:41 pm
 Drac
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Clear your cache.

Install Malware Bytes and run it.

Stop downloading dodgy stuff.


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:43 pm
 m0rk
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I get that too - I bet someone forgot to renew their domain name!

Just checked the whois records & they were updated yesterday, so maybe renewed last minute & are in the process of updating the records


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:43 pm
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Are you sure you typed the URL correctly? Often if you slightly misspell it you get moved to these other sites (assuming it isn't a real copy of the site but rather a parking site)


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:43 pm
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could you hosts file have been hijacked?

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10131


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:44 pm
 FOG
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And the cigar goes to m0rk! The bank say there has been a problem with the website which is almost certainly that somebody has indeed forgotten to renew the domain!


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 4:53 pm
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Your money is in safe hands.


 
Posted : 28/07/2013 10:13 pm

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