By the end of the week, Microsoft acknowledged its mistake and said it would issue a correction. We launched the Microsoft Phishing Filter Add-in to more effectively protect customers from phishing and identity theft and we applaud other companies for their efforts in this area, as well, ... We recognize we were not first to deliver a phishing filter to the market and apologize for any confusion.
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They are hosted on Yahoo I just took three hot words, but there are dozens of others including misspellings. They are mostly phishing websites,w hich shows that the situation is out of control.
The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.
There are some phishing Web sites that are going to be there for two weeks and others that will be there for a few hours. Signature-based antivirus is totally at the mercy of when the virus is identified to when it is inoculated against -- that is a huge issue. With the constant threat of zero day attacks, signatures can't carry us forward,
We want to help customers be more aware of where they are landing online and steer clear of this phishing phenomenon out there, which unfortunately continues to grow.
AOL's efforts in raising awareness and understanding about good privacy and data protection on the Internet is paying off in terms of positive consumer perception. This is an especially significant accomplishment given the rash of privacy issues such as phishing and spam that impact the ISP industry.