Beware of the pop up during online banking

You nothing can happen, you think. Before you login you've checked three times that you are on the site of your bank. You have the address typed in the browser and you will see a lock icon and "https" in front of the URL. Just log in, see your account and confidently go online banking. And suddenly a pop-up. In the style of your sofa. With the demand to send your debit card. Or clicking on a link.

Do not do it, because these notices are not from your bank. ,, But you tend to see such a pop-up for a real communication, I understand just fine, '' let Sander van Voorst, security editor at tech site Tweakers when asked. ,, That is now pop-ups while you're on the real site, I honestly had not heard of it. ''

Rabobank warns its customers on the site. "Recently, it appears that while Internet banking is also a pop-up screen asking you to click on a link. Do not do this!' The problem probably occurs at all major banks. The Lit program made Tuesday in the broadcast message from the new form of phishing.

Malware in the browser
The popups are so new, the technology behind it has been known for years. It comes to malware (malicious software) that takes over your browser. It is not the bank that the site is infected, but the browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.) on your computer. Van Voorst: ,, Your computer must have been infected, otherwise you'll never get a pop-up ''.

In the Netherlands Payments Association, which promotes, among other payments on behalf of the banks, they are familiar with the phenomenon. Berend Jan Bracket: ,, We are not inundated with messages. Customers will first knock at their own bank. Whether it occurs in all banks we do not know, but the three largest (ABN, Rabobank, ING, ed.) Are in any case a popular target for such practices. ''

How many computers are infected in the Netherlands with these (or other) malware is not to say. However, there are a number of ways to prevent infection. The key is to keep up to date browser (Internet criminals use bugs to gain access to the software), your operating system (certainly not Windows XP use more and would rather not Vista) and always (free) use anti-malware software, such Malwarebytes.

No pop-up but SMS
There is also a version in circulation there is a text message that you receive during online banking. For example, ING recently put this warning on the login screen of its customers. "There are currently fraudsters asset which, for example, install via infected sites, malware on your PC. You will then receive after logging into My ING a text message asking you to install "security software" on your mobile phone. In reality, this new malware software that forwards messages to your phone to the fraudster. "

The cause of the pop-ups is due to the user's home. The banks see whether they can do their part something to stop the pop-ups. Berend Jan Caliper Payments Association: ,, If in doubt, call your bank. The rule of thumb remains the banks never ask you to send your card. Whether you receive an email, text message, phone call or pop-up message. ''

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