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Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7

Posted by Zonk on from the hi-ya dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new study that pitted the anti-phishing technology in Firefox 2.0 against that of IE7 generated some interesting results. From the Washingtonpost.com story: 'Firefox blocked 243 phishing sites that IE7 overlooked, while IE7 locked 117 sites that Firefox did not.' Microsoft responded by pointing to its own supposed comparison study that put it in front of Mozilla and others in phish fighting, but the story notes: '3Sharp, the company that authored the Microsoft study, clearly state on their site that their goal in creating 3Sharp was "to use the robustness, flexibility, and sheer native capabilities of the Microsoft communication and collaboration technologies to enhance the business of our customers."'"

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  1. You have to consider... by otacon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    that most phising sites are designed to circumvent Internet Explorer, since it is the most common internet browser, and practically the only browser for 'clueless' users, especially the ones that would be victims to a phishing site.

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    In a world of acronyms, the words are the real victims.
  2. Firefox antiphising is far from perfect... by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...at least until they fix bug #356355 , which "jumps" the antiphising filter

    fe, if you go to http://200.119.135.99/ebay/login5878/ the pishing filter will warn you

    but if you encode the IP with a unusual encoding

    http://0xc8.0x77.0x87.0x63/ebay/login5878/

    the phising filter will not kick in