Antiphishing
Programs/Toolbars
There
are many programs out there which can be used to avoid phishing scams
.The Least you can do is to Install an Anti phishing Toolbar.Internet
Explorer 7-0 has this feature by default .Also you can use Google
OR NetCraft Toolbar.They
are available for both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox .
A
Comprehensive list of Antiphishing Programs is mentioned below alongwith
comments where needed .
Microsoft
Windows Internet Explorer 7
It has an Antiphishing filter which will alert you if
you visit a suspicious or confirmed site .The date is provided by Microsoft
Universal Reputation Servers .
Firefox
2.0 Well known browser these days .It has an
antiphishing filter as well which alerts you when you visit a confirmed
phish site .
Opera
9.27
Netscape
9
SiteAdvisor
Netcraft
Toolbar highly recommended toolbar as it also
shows you where the phish site is hosted .
Reasonable
Antiphishing Software
Google
Safe Browsing usable with Firefox
eBay
Toolbar
Earthlink
ScamBlocker
GeoTrust
TrustWatch
Phishtank
SiteChecker
Mozilla
Thunderbird An email client which warns users
of e-mails which may be part of an e-mail scam.
Windows
Mail An e-mail client that comes with Windows
Vista with antiphishing filter.
Gralicwrap
free anti-phishing software tool