At 23:57 -0800 2006-03-05, <rusty grunt.berkeley.edu>
wrote:
>"Google Safe Browsing is an extension to Firefox
that alerts you if a
>web page that you visit appears to be asking for your
personal or
>financial information under false pretences."
>
>http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/inde
x.html
Thanks for spotlighting this Firefox extension, Rusty.
To follow-up: Firefox 2.0 - due in 3Q 2006 - is currently
slated to
incorporate built-in anti-phishing features. Google and
others have
contributed code and expertise to this effort:
http://news.com.com/Firefox+to+get+ph
ishing+shield/2100-1029_3-6047610.html
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
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