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PhishGuard for Internet Explorer
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Version
2.0.165
PhishGuard is a simple, FREE software service for
computers running Microsoft operating systems (Windows
98 through XP) and any version of Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0 or greater. PhishGuard harnesses the
collective observations of Internet users to detect
and rapidly disable Internet Phishing or Spoofing
attacks designed to steal critical financial data.
Phishing attacks use fraudulent websites and emails
that mimic well-known organizations in order to trick
unsuspecting Internet users. A simple login or account
number entry screen becomes a trap. By assuming you
are dealing with a trusted party, you can reveal
financial information including credit card numbers,
bank accounts, passwords, and social security numbers
to the "bad guys". This type of attack is very
difficult for the typical person to detect, as the
scammer's emails and websites mimic the exact style
and graphics of the spoofed company, and appear
genuine. Sensitive financial information disclosed to
scammers is used to make fraudulent financial
transactions and to enable long-term identity theft.
Once installed on your computer, PhishGuard quietly
monitors sites on the Internet that you visit with
your browser. When you attempt to visit a harmful
site, a warning window immediately appears giving
information on when the site was discovered, and why
it is considered harmful. You can still choose to
visit that site, but we don't recommend it!
The first person to discover a suspected phishing scam
can use PhishGuard to report the offending email or
URL (website address), literally in seconds. There is
no need to divulge any confidential information to the
scammers. Within minutes, our monitoring team has
verified the scam, and added it to the ScamBase
database. Updates to the database are rapidly
distributed to every participating computer,
immunizing them against the newly discovered scam.
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