What is a Phishing Filter and how does it protect me?
As defined on Microsoft’s home page located at: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/technologies/antiphishing/faq.mspx • Microsoft Phishing Filter is a new feature in Internet Explorer 7 and the technology behind the Microsoft Phishing Filter add-in for MSN Search Toolbar. • It is designed to help you to know when you are visiting a reported or suspected phishing Web site by changing the colour of the toolbar. • Phishing Filter uses three methods to help protect you from phishing scams: • It compares the addresses of Web sites you visit to a list of sites reported to Microsoft as being legitimate. This list is stored on your computer. • As you are browsing, the filter uses artificial intelligence to help determine whether sites that it doesn’t know have characteristics common to phishing sites. • Phishing Filter can send a Web site address (URL) to Microsoft to be checked against a frequently updated list of reported phishing Web sites. Phishing Filter sends Web site addresses to Mi
