Microsoft Enhances Its Anti-Phishing Tools
Microsoft—seeking to help prevent ID theft—is among the growing list of software companies that are developing new tools that caution consumers when "phishing" attacks are under way on the Internet.
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 browser, which is available now only in beta tests, features the new filtering technology. The company is planning to add the technology into a tool bar for older versions of Internet Explorer.
Microsoft, however, apparently did not develop the new feature itself.
"WholeSecurity provides the functionality for the phishing component that is part of IE 7," said Ann Taylor, a spokesperson for WholeSecurity Inc., the developer, based in Austin, Texas.
The filter identifies and blocks fraudulent Web sites that try and deceive users in efforts to obtain their bank account details and other personal information.
