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Problem on Ancestry??

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wisechild

wisechild Report 22 Feb 2013 15:05

Trying to log on to Ancestry, but getting a site by the same name flogging womens´erotic underwear.
Anyone else have the problem?

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 22 Feb 2013 15:48

No problem for me.

Are you sure you were not logging in to Ann Summers :-D

George

Researching:
My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.

wisechild

wisechild Report 22 Feb 2013 15:54

Don´t think Ancestry.co.uk should bring me to the Ann Summers site.
The top of the page quite clearly says Ancestry.co.uk.
I´m a bit past erotic underwear, although I´m sure the OH wouldn´t mind a look.

JerryH

JerryH Report 23 Feb 2013 01:36

If I were you, I would run a Virus check.
But it might be an idea to check your Shortcut properties in your favourites to see if the Web Address has been overwritten.

I think it is possibly caused by a spurious file that has made its way into your system.

My brother had a similar problem a year or so back and it took me several days to track it down and remove it for him.

Good luck

Jeremy

Researching:
Photo is of my Great Grandfather Abraham

wisechild

wisechild Report 23 Feb 2013 07:17

Thanks Jeremy.
I have cleared my Firefox history & run a c clean. Tries again several times yesterday afternoon, but even inputting the full web address, I stil got the same thing. Then I tried accessing from Bling & bingo. No prob.
haven´t looked yet this morning. Fingers crossed. ;-)