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Microsoft ups release of phishing filter

Posted by Spy August 25, 2005 12:56 PM with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: MSN

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. software firm Microsoft Corp.'s so-called phishing filter for its Internet Explorer browser will be released sooner than expected.

The software giant will issue a preliminary version of its new security feature sometime in the coming weeks as a free add-on for its MSN Toolbar in the current Internet Explorer 6 browser, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday.

In a phishing attack, people get e-mails purporting to come from legitimate banking or e-commerce operations that point to Web sites where identity thieves ask for personal information.

Microsoft said its phishing filter can detect known and potential phishing sites and warn off users.

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bpaddock said:

I think we should be clear... any add-ins for the MSN Search Toolbar are MSN products. And while they may provide IE6 functionality that is slated for IE7, this is NOT the same technology and it is not the IE or Windows team doing this work.

August 29, 2005 5:39 PM

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