There is no such thing as antiphishing
and no such tool is out there. For convenience this term has been used.
Following are edited from United States recommendation to its citizens.
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pop-up message that asks for personal or financial information, do not
reply or click on the link in the message. Legitimate companies don’t
ask for this information via email. If you are concerned about your
account, contact the organization in the email using a telephone
number you know to be genuine, or open a new Internet browser session
and type in the company’s correct Web address. In any case, don’t cut
and paste the link in the message.
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| Don’t email personal or
financial information. Email is not a secure method of transmitting
personal information. If you initiate a transaction and want to
provide your personal or financial information through an
organization’s Web site, look for indicators that the site is secure,
like a lock icon on the browser’s status bar or a URL for a website
that begins “https:” (the “s” stands for “secure”). Unfortunately, no
indicator is foolproof; some phishers have forged security icons.
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| Review credit card and bank
account statements as soon as you receive them to determine whether
there are any unauthorized charges. If your statement is late by more
than a couple of days, call your credit card company or bank to
confirm your billing address and account balances.
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| Use anti-virus software and
keep it up to date. Some phishing emails contain software that can
harm your computer or track your activities on the Internet without
your knowledge. Anti-virus software and a
firewall can protect you from inadvertently
accepting such unwanted files. Anti-virus software scans incoming
communications for troublesome files. Look for anti-virus software
that recognizes current viruses as well as older ones; that can
effectively reverse the damage; and that updates automatically.
A firewall helps make you invisible on the
Internet and blocks all communications from unauthorized sources. It’s
especially important to run a firewall if you have a broadband
connection. Finally, your operating system (like Windows or Linux) may
offer free software “patches” to close holes in the system that
hackers or phishers could exploit.
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| Be cautious about opening
any attachment or downloading any files from emails you receive,
regardless of who sent them. |
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Password Harvesting Fishing:
This is what
Phishing mean. Everyday now
some banks (it seems from the mail ) send you mails asking you to
provide confidential information. Freeze here! Sense trouble! Don't
bother with any such mails. This the best advise we can give you
rightnow. |
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Phishing
Detection; It has been reported that
latest versions of
Thunderbird
e-mail client has a feature to warn the users.
"Thunderbird will display a confirmation dialogue when the user
follows a link in an email to a site that looks like it might be
part of a
phishing scam" |
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