My favourite anti-phishing tools

Phishing is on the rise. The Anti-Phishing Working Group found 9,666 fake websites in March alone. It is also getting increasingly hard to detect, however sophisticated you are. (See my previous post: Why phishing works for the background).

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I think anti-phishing software is now as much of a requirement as a firewall or antivirus software. So, here are my four top recommendations:

1. ScanDoo sits on top of Google or MSN Search and warns you about dodgy sites.
2. CloudMark Desktop ($40) can help block phishing emails and their Anti-fraud Toolbar (free beta) can do the same thing for websites.
3. Microsoft’s Phishing Filter for Internet Explorer.
4. Google’s Toolbar with Safe Browsing for Mozilla Firefox.

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