Banking Protection activates on non-banking websites

Conor

When Banking Protection is active, most websites cannot be visited. This seems okay but it gets triggered even when viewing a non-banking website. For example, view this page to read about how this person likes working at this bank:

https://werkenbij.bngbank.nl/Onze-verhalen/Rogier

It is not an internet banking page. Or look at the job opportunities. For example:

https://werkenbij.bngbank.nl/Vacatures?

Again, not an internet banking page. It's about job opportunites. Not banking.

Maybe less clearcut, but still annoying: check how the stock market is doing. It does not have to be your bank. You don't need to log in. You don't even have to have invested in the stock market. But if you check the current prices:

https://www.ing.nl/particulier/beleggen/koersen

Then you can't access anything else on the internet.

Is the only way to fix this turning off Banking Protection? If so, it makes Banking Protection a useless "feature".

Firmy

Hello @Conor

Thank you for your question.

Upon checking, the URLs in question are categorized as banking, which is why Banking Protection is being activated. Additionally, https://werkenbij.bngbank.nl/ is a subdomain of the banking site, https://bngbank.nl/, which is already classified as a banking website. Since subdomains inherit the categorization of their main domain, the banking protection feature applies to https://werkenbij.bngbank.nl/Vacatures as well.

Similarly, https://www.ing.nl/particulier/beleggen/koersen falls under the banking website https://www.ing.nl/, which is why Banking Protection is triggered there too.

If you believe the categorization is incorrect or needs adjustment, you can submit the URL for further review to our labs here: How can I submit samples to F-Secure? However, you can always turn off the banking protection on your browser by ending the session.

Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Wishing you a great day.