Natwest - Rapport

[Steve]

Free download of Rapport is available from here It comes with several banking sites pre configured, you can also add to it any other site to which you transmit sensitive data.

[Den]

How good is it Steve and is it required if you are running a security suite such as Norton Security?

[Steve]

Some more details here Den , whether you need it in addition to NIS I've no idea at present

[Gary]

It slows your PC and browsing experience down a lot, also I read its been reverse engineered already, Niall had it and removed it I seem to remember

[Lance]

Of course, Natwest customers have had it available for almost a year now... http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=12990.0

Niall removed it when he had memory issues with Firefox.

[Gary]

Did you use it in the End Lance?

[Steve]

Well its on the Mac and to be honest I've not noticed its there either in Safari or Firefox but if its no use it might as well go one would hate to be lulled into a false sense of security

[Baz]

interesting points here.My son and wife have installed this lately and i'm keeping an eye on it as I too heard about the slowing down problem.They havent said any thing yet but will let you know if they get any bother.


Gary....what does reverse engineered mean

[Gary]

Well its on the Mac and to be honest I've not noticed its there either in Safari or Firefox but if its no use it might as well go one would hate to be lulled into a false sense of security

Have a read of this Steve, its a take on Trusteers Rapport. http://blog.rlr-uk.com/2009/05/trusteer-or-no-trust-ere.html

[Gary]

interesting points here.My son and wife have installed this lately and i'm keeping an eye on it as I too heard about the slowing down problem.They havent said any thing yet but will let you know if they get any bother.


Gary....what does reverse engineered mean

Its taking a piece of hardware of software and literally taking it apart to see who its been created to either copy it, or to know how to circumvent it. 

[Steve]

Thanks Gary,If you read the blog the current product is probably safer than the earlier one,however I do worry about my complacency and an over reliance on a product claiming to make you safe but it also begs the question is something that might offer some degree of protection better than nothing at all.

PS I've merged the two together. Sorry should have done a search before I posted,but its only just been offered by HSBC

[Gary]

Thanks Gary,If you read the blog the current product is probably safer than the earlier one,however I do worry about my complacency and an over reliance on a product claiming to make you safe but it also begs the question is something that might offer some degree of protection better than nothing at all.

I know what you mean, Steve. There is this article as well. http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r21637905-Trusteer-Rapport-cracked

I do wonder if we will just click and think its safe without thinking, my only problem with it is how it says it is safe even if you have malware on your pc? If you have I think that's pushing the boundaries a little, I guess its up to each of us to decide the pros and cons. Last time I tried it was on a windows box, not tried it on a mac yet.

[Gary]

For Mac users here is how to uninstall Rapport should you ever need to.

1. Open Terminal (use Spotlight, that's what it's here for!).
2. Type "cd /Library/Rapport" (without the quotes, that'll place you in the Rapport folder)
3. Type "sudo ./RapportUninstaller.sh" and enter your admin password when prompted to (that will execute the uninstaller shell script)

And a few Mac users takes on it http://bloodyh.blogspot.com/2009/10/trusteer-rapport-on-mac-install.html

[Steve]

The blogs a bit hit and miss, perhaps I was fortunate I didn't notice any performance issues on a single user machine.

[Lance]

Did you use it in the End Lance?

Nope

[Gary]

The blogs a bit hit and miss, perhaps I was fortunate I didn't notice any performance issues on a single user machine.

Its hard to tell, its down to each person to use and try themselves I think, personally I will avoid it, I did way back and probably still will, but that's not to say its not a good thing to have, I just don't like silver bullets personally, but it is an extra layer as you said. 

[Steve]

BTW the install package for the Mac has an uninstaller script with it which seems to work ok

[Gary]

BTW the install package for the Mac has an uninstaller script with it which seems to work ok

That's good, they have moved on which is better, thanks for the heads up, Steve.