Method and system for website verification

A computer system for website verification comprising:

• a database comprising a verification register storing registration records for legitimate websites;
• and
• a verification engine configured to:
• (i) receive verification instructions from a website when a user selects to verify the web site;
• (ii) check that the website is in the verification register;
• (iii) generate and transmit a dynamic code for display on the website;
• (iv) receive a dynamic code entered by a user through a verification module;
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• (v) retrieve and transmit details of the website obtained from the database, to the user via the verification module to enable checking of the details with the website being verified.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a computer-implemented method for website verification wherein a server is configured to:

• store registration records for legitimate websites in a verification register;
• receive, from a website to be verified, a user-initiated verification request
• responsive to the user-initiated verification request, check that the website to be verified is in the verification register;
• generate and transmit a dynamic code for display on the website if the website to be verified is in the verification register;
• and
• responsive to a user entering the dynamic code into a verification module, retrieve details of the website from the verification register and transmit the details of the website to the user for checking against the website to be verified.