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  • Schwade
    Schwade Posts: 307 Forumite
    I won't install Rapport if my bank paid me. That thing is like a trojan.

    If you want protection:

    1. keep your Windows up to date
    2. install a good free antivirus (e.g. Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast!, etc)
    3. install a good free antispyware scanner (e.g. Superantispyware, Malwarebytes, etc)
    4. use common sense (e.g. if someone (even your bank) is promoting something, do some research online before getting tricked).

    Remember, MSErs, your bank doesn't work for you. It works for itself.
  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    I haven't had any problems with Rapport.
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    I would rather have my teeth drilled without injection than install this thing (well perhaps not, but it's close). However I'm mighty fed up with having to bypass a screen by saying 'no I don't want it' every time I log onto online banking. I hope we don't reach the point where the banks try to side-step liability for online banking fraud if users don't install it. If so I will looking for a new bank.
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    I really don't know why you people have a problem with it. I never get any pop up windows.I never have to say I don't want it, I never see it.
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    hansi wrote: »
    I really don't know why you people have a problem with it. I never get any pop up windows.I never have to say I don't want it, I never see it.

    Probably depends on the bank. HSBC and NatWest do it, some others do not.
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    My wife usues online banking with HSBC. Never a problem with Rapport.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    hansi wrote: »
    I really don't know why you people have a problem with it. I never get any pop up windows.I never have to say I don't want it, I never see it.

    Nice to see that reassuring white arrow on green background :)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • masonic
    masonic Posts: 27,216 Forumite
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    hansi wrote: »
    I never have to say I don't want it, I never see it.
    True, although the same could be said of a tapeworm.
  • DavidHayton
    DavidHayton Posts: 481 Forumite
    I wish that I knew all this before I decided to replace a five-year old PC that was running slowly and erratically. I eventually replaced it because I was so fed up. I would now bet a pound to a penny that it was being hamstrung by the rapport software. I never thought to check that. My bank had told me that it was a wee small program that shouldn't cause any problems at all. Hmm!
    David
  • elektra
    elektra Posts: 1,361 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Nice to see that reassuring white arrow on green background :)

    can you tell me when(at waht stage) and where you see this ?

    I do have Rapport installed but occasionally have had HSBC asking me if I want to download it, so never sure it is working correctly.
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