A browser redirect form of a Phishing attack, which redirects your browser to a site that will then try to convince you to click a link or enter information. We've been seeing more and more of these, and different versions. This is nothing more than an attempt to get you to click on their link, open another site and then fall for their scam to send them money. As long as you didn't click on anything you are okay.


How does it work? Your browser has to be open and on a page. The trigger can be embedded in an advertisement, image, or code on a page. When it decides, it simply opens a new tab, or redirects the page to their site.
Stopping these types of fraudulent behaviour is difficult, but can be accomplished broadly with web filtering services.



In this case, there are some browser modifications to help you guard against these types of Phishing attempt. The Firefox solution, for one, uses a central database of fraudulent sites to compare against.



Depending on your browser, please do the following to enable the browser's built in Phishing protection.
Chrome:Click the 'Three dot' icon in the top right, then click settings. Scroll down and click Advanced. Under Privacy and Security, ensure Safe Browsing is enabled. That will throw up a warning when your browser is being redirected.
Firefox: click the 'Three bar' icon in the top right, then click Options. On the left hand side select Privacy and Security. Under the Security heading, check the Block dangerous and deceptive content box. Make sure the two check boxes beneath it are checked as well.
Edge Browser:Click the 'Three-dot' icon in the top right, then click Settings. Scroll down to View Advanced Settings. Sroll to the bottom. The last setting should be 'Help protect me from malicious sites and...' make sure that is turned on.
If your browser already has this setting set, yet the redirect happened anyway, please let me know.