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Opera 9.1 to include Real-Time Fraud Protection
Published October 19th, 2006 in All Categories, Malware, Opera, Phishing, Security
At the Opera Backstage event in London today it was revealed that Opera 9.1 will include built-in 
Fraud Protection for fraudulent sites.
Opera’s Fraud Protection will work differently than Firefox and Internet Explorer’s (IE) anti-phishing protection. In Opera, when you type a URL in the address bar, while the page is being requested from the web server, Opera will simultaneously access Opera’s database to check the legitimacy of the site you want to visit.
If the site is determined to be a fraud, Opera will instead display a warning and block you from visiting the site. You’ll still have the option to bypass the warning.
Unlike Firefox, which by default only checks against a pre-downloaded blacklist of fraud sites, Opera does the checking in real-time so you’ll be protected against new fraud sites that pop-up each day. Opera 9.1 to include Real-Time Fraud Protection » Opera Watch
