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A Better Anti-Phishing Toolbar?

Posted by Cliff on from the browsing-where-you-are-supposed-to-be dept.

Saqib Ali asks: "There have been recent discussions on Security Focus mailing lists about several Anti Phishing Toolbars available for Firefox. Do Slashdot readers have any recommendations on which Anti Phishing toolbar to use, or on how to improve upon the existing ones?"

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  1. Obligatory by lbmouse · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Netcraft confirms it.

    Seriously, it is a pretty good bar. I just wish its appearance/position was a little more customizable.

  2. anti phishing already installed in IE7 by mdman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IE7 has anti phishing features installed in it already..

  3. Phishing? whazzat? by redelm · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My email reader does not render HTML. When I encounter pure HTML email, I just delete it. Or bounce it back to spoof@... as eBay and PayPal have requested.

    In the unusual case (once per week) that I actually _want_ to look at a website mentioned in email, I cut'n'paste.

    HTML email is abomination. Autoload images is evil.

  4. Re:Never tried them. by XO · · Score: 2, Interesting

    yeah, exactly how does an "Anti Phishing" toolbar work? Only thing I can think of is a built-in blacklist. Just use Opera, and it will flat out tell you if the site you are looking at is the site that it claims to be.

    --
    "Champagne for my real friends - and real pain for my sham friends!" http://ericblade.postalboard.com/