NetRyder
Tech Junkie
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- 19 Apr 2002
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I get plenty of these phishing mails in my Junk Mail box everyday, so I thought I'd test out the phishing filter in IE7 with one of them today. It's pretty cool.
Notice the prominent yellow "Suspicious Website" notification that comes up. Clicking the "Report" link takes you to the following page, where you can submit the site to the Microsoft repository, or report false positives. This seems to be similar in concept to the way Microsoft AntiSpyware builds up information for its central malware database (SpyNet) using the help of a large pool of users. How the tinfoil-hat privacy freaks react to this remains to be seen.
Notice the prominent yellow "Suspicious Website" notification that comes up. Clicking the "Report" link takes you to the following page, where you can submit the site to the Microsoft repository, or report false positives. This seems to be similar in concept to the way Microsoft AntiSpyware builds up information for its central malware database (SpyNet) using the help of a large pool of users. How the tinfoil-hat privacy freaks react to this remains to be seen.