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Phishing Defense Tools

Phishing is one of the more frightening security issues - it involves attempts to dupe an unwitting computer user (via emails or websites that appear legitimate) into divulging confidential information such as account passwords or other private information.
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McAfee Site Advisor - watches over the sites you visit while surfing the internet, McAfee Site Advisor bar appears unobtrusively on Internet Explorer and turns green if the site is OK, red if there's a problem. Excellent tool for anyone interested in downloading freeware - McAfee has explored the downloads available from a site and provides analysis as to any adware or spyware issues found. It's a nifty free tool and a keeper, also available in a paid version with upgraded features for email, IM and more. McAfee Site Advisor Video/Demo

McAfee Site Advisor Plug-in for Firefox - see also test searches from McAfee to demonstrate how Site Advisor protects you when searching in a search engine

WIkipedia definition  - further information on Phishing including origin of the term

Recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mails - Microsoft article, includes example email

Palpal Phishing Guide

Anti-Phishing Working Group - lots of helpful information, including an archive of Phishing emails



TrustWatch Toolbar - verifies you are at the intended site and displays a reassuring green button

Earthlink Toolbar - anti-phishing ScamBlocker Toolbar, also includes search, news, pop-up blocker, cookie counter, and more

Google Safe Browsing for Firefox - anti-phishing extension for Firefox

Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar

Zone Alarm Security Suite (Free Trial) - includes a Phishing Filter for email, a few clicks forwards the Phishing email to Zone Labs for their followup.

Sana Security Primary Response Safe Connect (Free Trial) - provides an added layer of security in addition to traditional signature-based scanners. Uses Sana Security proprietary technology (active MDT) to detect a wide variety of threats including spyware, rootkits, trojans, hijackers, phishing, et. al.

Microsoft Phishing Filter Add-in , here's helpful information from Microsoft on Phishing , note that Internet Explorer 7 has a built in Phishing Filter, read here to turn it on

Thunderbird 2 - Mozilla email client has built in Phishing protection, has two levels of defense: warns of a potential fraudulent email, warns if youclick on a link in an email that then attempt to send youu to a different address than stated

Mozilla Firefox has built in Phishing Protection - in Firefox go to Tools -> Options -> Security -> and place a check mark next to 'Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery'