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Netcraft Toolbar for Firefox Available

Posted by Zonk on from the making-the-net-safe-for-democracy dept.

miller60 writes "Netcraft has just released the Firefox version of its anti-phishing toolbar, which blocks known phishing sites and suspicious urls, and displays the hosting information and risk rating for visited sites. Toolbar users have submitted more than 5,600 phishing sites since the IE version was released in late December."

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  1. Re:Netcraft confirms.... by NetNifty · · Score: 4, Insightful

    " Netcraft confirms that Firefox users are already smart enough to figure out if a site is phishing"

    Not necessarily, it isn't just geeks that use Firefox any more - I for one (and I'm sure many other /.ers have too) have installed Firefox for many other people who would be using IE otherwise.

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  2. Kudos Netcraft by bogaboga · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "...Better late than never..."

    That aside; if it takes a company like Netcraft almost 6 months to come out with a Linux version, to me that's being slow to act. Thanx never-the-less to Netcraft.

  3. how well does this actually work by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Insightful

    no I havent tried it (don't really use phishing sites much myself ;)

    but "Toolbar users have submitted more than 5,600 phishing sites"

    aren't these phishing sites usually up for only a short time, like a couple days, before they get shut down? I would think that most the sites on the 'bad list' would be shut down by the time a user gets around to updating thier 'bad list' for their toolbar.

    just a guess.

  4. Re:There are enough security tools available... by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A vegetarian diet is tastier and better for you than what most people eat

    Your point is well taken, but the "tastiness" of a vegetarian diet is very much a personal preference and the healthiness is a matter of your metabolism. A full 8% of the human race will slowly die without meat in their diet due to the lack of certain enzymes. As an aside, have you ever noticed how vegetarian meals often are imitations of meat or dairy products? I've seen vegetarian cheeseburgers and thought, "man, just buy the real thing already." As I said though, it's a a personal preference.

  5. Now if only I could get my people to use Firefox by ndansmith · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Use the same tactics as the Phishers to dupe your fellow employees to use Firefox:

    1. Remove the IE shortcut from the desktop
    2. Add a Firefox shortcut to the desktop
    3. Rename said shortcut "Internet Explorer"
    4. Change icon of said shortcut to the blue "E"
    5. Download and install a Firefox theme which emulates the look and feel of IE.

    And there you have it! You have adapted the malicious tactics of Phishers to keep your people safe from Phishers.

  6. Re:Petname toolbar by Ochu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And anyone computer-savvy enough to be using firefox, downloading addons, making pet names, and then remembering to check won't be caught by a pisher anyway...