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Netcraft Release Anti-Phishing Toolbar PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 31 December 2004 05:26
Netcraft the company made famous by their Web server surveys have released a new tool in the war against Phishing. This new tool is a toolbar addon for Internet Explorer which provides the user with a number of tools at their fingertips to enable the spotting of Phishing attacks when accessing websites. This new toolbar implements various checks which leverage the information and data Netcraft have collected about the ownership of domains, IP Address blocks, etc.

The toolbar also attempts to block other common attacks employed during phishing scams to help keep the user from accessing a site that could compromise private information. Netcraft have also implemented a Reporting feature to allow the reporting of phishing scams.

Currently this toolbar is only available for Internet Explorer however Netcraft are actively developing a version of the tool for Mozilla Firefox. You can find out more about how to get the toolbar here also Netcraft have posted a good tutorial on how to use the toolbar here.


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