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Microsoft Smart Screen reports Brit-Fil as a Phishing site

Discussion in 'Technology Advice' started by aposhark, Jan 22, 2015.

  1. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Has anyone else seen this message? :

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  2. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I take it that you are using Internet Explorer Mike ?

    I just ran a manual Smart Screen check using IE and the site came up clean.

    Any chance that there was a dodgy advert on the page?
  3. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Thanks for replying, Jim.

    I don't know if there was a dodgy advert on Internet Explorer or not.

    It is a mystery but if you say the site is clean then it must be.
    Cheers.
  4. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    Never experienced that........

    Strange.
  5. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I checked the site multiple times using 'Tools | Smart screen filter | Check this website' on the IE main menu and it came up clean every time, however on one occasion it told me that the Smart Screen service was down so maybe some problem at Microsoft's end, really don't know but if you see this again please PM me an I will check it again.
  6. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Smart Screen filter was down for me too just now.
    Thanks, Jim :like:
  7. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    Unless someone is playing up..
  8. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    It is possible that the site has been reported maliciously, but I would hope not, if it was then it has already been corrected otherwise it would still be showing up on the check.
  9. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Have just run Smart screen filter and it did not report any threats.
  10. Timmers
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    Timmers Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    A couple of weeks ago I had problems with the BF site, every time I logged in, BF would disappear and a home doctor page or something similar would pop up, this happened constantly over a period of a few days until I changed my pop up settings to none allowed for the BF site. So now when I click on a link someone has posted I have to hit the allow once button to view the page. I'm using IE 11 I think, if that makes any difference. Never had problems at all until then.
  11. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    That's not likely that the site that is doing that, more likely a browser hijack on your own PC, did you get similar things happening on other sites?
  12. Timmers
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    Timmers Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    No it was just this site where I had the trouble OSS.
  13. Howerd
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    Howerd Well-Known Member Trusted Member Lifetime Member

    Do you have British Filipino bookmarked or do you click on a search engine link?
  14. Timmers
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    Timmers Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    I have BF bookmarked.

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