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Originally Posted by peter12
Okay, so I was on my Mac browsing the RBC website with Safari 4 and I click on a certain link on the website and it tries to re-direct me to a website, teenpassage.com, but Google prevented me from being connected. So I kind of freaked out, I only use the Mac firewall and I scan occasionally with Mac Scan.
I've scanned my computer and found nothing. Then I tried it on another Mac in my house on the same wireless network and same thing in Safari. So I'm about 60% certain it has nothing to do with my end of things. Is it possible that a virus can spread through a wireless network or could this be a problem on RBC's end?
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It's unlikely the mac is hijacked, although it can/does happen infrequently if you are adding video codecs offered via porn sites, or if you have recently downloaded pirated Mac software via torrents or newsgroups, such as iLife, Adobe Creative Suite, etc. (in this case, people got what they paid for - pirate software exacts its fees in other ways)
But, more importantly:
How do you know you were actually on RBC's website? Were you connected via HTTPS? Did it present you with any certificate warnings or errors?
It's possible you've been phished, or your ISP's DNS has been poisoned, either situation resulting in you appearing to hit the RBC site, but not really.
Edit: Either way, I suggest you get your online banking password reset asap, and to something that is not the same as the passwords you use for other sites.