Lloyds online banking and browsers...

[Turn7]

I have used the above service for mnay years using my default browser, Firefox.

Of late, it seems Lloyds dont want me to use FF as it continually causes it to hang and crash.

My FF runs Noscript, Ghostery and HTTPS everywhere.

I have tried indiviudually stopping these services to find the fault, and it appears, to me at least, thats its purely the browser ?

This leaves me the other option of IE.

Their website runs fine using IE, but Im concerned about security as my IE is bog stock with no add ons whatsoever.

Any advice guys ?

[DoubleByte]

Just keep applying Windows updates, get a decent antivirus and anti malware product and you'll be fine.
They should all be on the correct SSL version now so you should have no problems there either.

[Morningside]

Same here with Natwest. I only use IE for them and made natwest the homepage only for IE and that is all I use it for.
Apart from all the antivirus I also have Malwarebyte anti exploit running as well.

[twister]

I've been seeing significant slowdowns in FF recently on rendering the main page after logging in, and it seems to be caused by whatever the page is doing to load the everyday offers section. As soon as this bit of the page renders itself, the page becomes responsible again and navigating off to other pages also works just fine. But every time I go back to the main page its back to thumb twiddling time until that section reloads itself again...

Not a problem in Chrome, so that's now my go-to browser for online banking.

[eccles]

I use Firefox and have accounts with Lloyds and Natwest. I've not had any issues doing my online banking with them.

[FunkyNige]

I get the same thing on Lloyds, I log in and alt-tab to something else for a bit, it only seems to hang for 15 seconds once per session.
I'm using FF+Ghostery+Noscript+Ublock

[cptsideways]

eccles said:

I use Firefox and have accounts with Lloyds and Natwest. I've not had any issues doing my online banking with them.

Same here, I use NW & Wife Lloyds neither of us have any issues with FF

[Tonsko]

Maybe try clearing your cache and deleting the specific Lloyds cookies.

[Turn7]

I run CCleaner after every web session as a matter of course.

[Tonsko]

Have you tried doing it manually? I've just had a quick google, and CCleaner might only look at IE.

[Turn7]

Tonsko said:

Have you tried doing it manually? I've just had a quick google, and CCleaner might only look at IE.

C Leaner Defo does FF

[bakerstreet]

I use Lloyds and have had no issues with IE and Chrome. I admit that I haven't tried the Lloyds web site in IE for several months, but I use Chrome for everything

[FunkyNige]

My issue with the website has changed slightly now, it tries downloading a file called

javascript__(function(){function i(){if(typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined'){return new XMLHttpRequest()}try{return new ActiveXObject(_Msxml2.XMLHTTP_)}catch(e){try{return new ActiveXObject(_Microsoft.join(_&_)}function k(a){var b={},d=(a

From marketing.lloydsbank.co.uk so I can only assume that my add-ons are having a fight with the Java Lloyds are using.

[rxtx]

That's not java, that's javascript, and are they really trying to use activex? What ancient technology, and one that should never, ever have made it near a web browser.

[LC2]

Why not give them a call and report the issue. I'm sure that even if the hell desk type you initially get through to doesn't really care, someone in their development team would like to know so they can fix whatever bug you're hitting.

[grumpyscot]

I'm with Bank of Scotland (part of Lloyds Banking Group) and use both Opera and Firefox with no problems. Am Windows 10 bang up to date!

[Turn7]

Oh god, have you seen the mess thay have made of it now ?

It looks AWFULL.

Please tell me some setting in my IE is making it look that bad and its not how its going to be moving forward ?

It looks like the Fisher Price version of a website on my PC.

[onomatopoeia]

FunkyNige said:

My issue with the website has changed slightly now, it tries downloading a file called

javascript__(function(){function i(){if(typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined'){return new XMLHttpRequest()}try{return new ActiveXObject(_Msxml2.XMLHTTP_)}catch(e){try{return new ActiveXObject(_Microsoft.join(_&_)}function k(a){var b={},d=(a

From marketing.lloydsbank.co.uk so I can only assume that my add-ons are having a fight with the Java Lloyds are using.

I was using FF + noscript and got that lot too. I switched to Opera to use the Lloyds site.

[padhinbed]

I've found the Lloyds iPhone app really good, don't think i've logged on to Lloyds on my laptop for atleast 3 years. Worth considering if you haven't already got it.

[227bhp]

Turn7 said:

I have used the above service for mnay years using my default browser, Firefox.

Of late, it seems Lloyds dont want me to use FF as it continually causes it to hang and crash.

My FF runs Noscript, Ghostery and HTTPS everywhere.

I have tried indiviudually stopping these services to find the fault, and it appears, to me at least, thats its purely the browser ?

This leaves me the other option of IE.

Their website runs fine using IE, but Im concerned about security as my IE is bog stock with no add ons whatsoever.

Any advice guys ?

No, you do have the option of using Chrome. I haven't ever had any issues with this and lloyds.