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Microsoft Unveils IE7 Filter for MSN toolbar

by John on August 31st, 2005

According to a press release from Redmond, Microsoft is releasing its much talked about phishing filter for Windows IE7 as a beta add-in for the MSN toolbar :

“REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 30, 2005 — MSN today unveiled two new MSN® Search Toolbar Add-ins, enabling people to customize their toolbar to their specific interests and providing a smarter searching and browsing experience. These latest add-ins for MSN Search Toolbar include a beta of the Microsoft® Phishing Filter Add-in, which helps protect customers from potential risks of phishing Web sites and online identity theft …”

The press release continues : “The Microsoft Phishing Filter Add-in for MSN Search Toolbar — the first such technology to be integrated into a Web search toolbar — currently offered in a beta version, helps provide powerful dynamic protection against “phishing” Web sites, a fast-growing class of online identity theft. Phishers create fraudulent Web sites that resemble those of legitimate businesses, financial institutions or government agencies to convince visitors to disclose sensitive personal and financial information that can then be used for criminal activity such as identity theft.”

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