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The danger of swimming with the phishes via IE7
Published June 28th, 2006 in All Categories, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Phishing, Security
One of the many new security features introduced with the Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 7 
web browser is the Anti-Phishing Filter. This will be a welcome security addition for most users as phishers are targeting more and more people, trying to lure them into giving up their passwords, account details and credit card numbers.
How well does the Anti-Phishing Filter in the second beta of IE7 work, though?
Armed with a recent emailed phish for Kiwibank, I took on the role of a hapless user waiting to be hooked. IE7 beta 2 ran on Windows XP with all updates and default security settings, and the Anti-Phishing Filter was set to automatically check websites.
Windows Live Mail didn’t like the message, and disabled images and links in it to prevent me from harming myself. Computerworld > The danger of swimming with the phishes via IE7
