Free Earthlink Scambuster Toolbar

Browntoa

this has been posted once before buried away in the freebies but thought it was worth repeating as there is now a Beta Version for Firefox...it best thing is the scam blocker which checks against a known list of "Phishing" sites and warns you !!

quote from the Earthlink site:-


After you install the EarthLink Toolbar (either as part of EarthLink TotalAccess or as a stand-alone download), ScamBlocker provides two levels of protection:

1. ScamBlocker automatically alerts you before you enter a Web page that's on our list of known phishers.
2. ScamBlocker gives you real-time fraud analysis of all Web sites you visit. So keep an eye on your EarthLink Toolbar! The ScamBlocker icon changes as you surf to let you know if you've landed on a potentially dangerous site.

Have you ever received an email from what looks like a trusted company asking you to click a link, go to a Web site, and submit personal information? This could be a "phisher" site, or part of a scam to steal your credit card, Social Security number, password, or identity. These scams are increasingly common and difficult to detect.

EarthLink was the first major Internet service provider to offer free phisher scam protection. Our ScamBlocker tool is available as part of our TotalAccess® 2005 software as well as the EarthLink Toolbar. The EarthLink Toolbar featuring ScamBlocker is available for Internet Explorer and the Mozilla Firefox Browser.

• Displays a visual protection rating for Web pages you are visiting
• Alerts you before you enter a page on our list of known fraudulent Web sites
• Includes EarthLink's innovative Pop-Up BlockerSM tool
• Includes a built-in Google search box for fast, convenient searching
• Includes up-to-the-minute, clickable news headlines in 11 categories

Download the EarthLink Toolbar featuring ScamBlocker—it's FREE for all Internet users!

http://www.earthlink.net/software/free/toolbar/

smcicr

folks interested in the above might also want to have a look here: http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/ - this is another extension that will alert you to faked or 'spoofed' sites -

"SpoofStick is a simple browser extension that helps users detect spoofed (fake) websites. A spoofed website is typically made to look like a well known, branded site (like ebay.com or citibank.com) with a slightly different or confusing URL. The attacker then tries to trick people into going to the spoofed site by sending out fake email messages or posting links in public places - hoping that some percentage of users won't notice the incorrect URL and give away important information. This practice is sometimes known as “phishing".

SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a spoofed website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information. It's not a comprehensive solution, but it's a good start. For example, if you're on the following URL (this is a real, legitimate ebay url):

http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?
SignIn&UsingSSL=0&pUserId=&ru=http%3A%2F%
2Fcontact.ebay.com%2Fws1%2FeBayISAPI.dll%
3FShowCoreAskSellerQuestion%26requested%
3Ddominicsmusic%26de%3Doff%26iid%
3D3711129021%26frm%3D284%26acceptcookie%
3D0%26loginconfirmed%3D0%26redirect%3D0%
26pass%3D%7B_pass_%7D%26userid%3D&pp=p
!!!!!!&co_partnerid=2&pageType=711"

Spoofstick will say: "You're on ebay.com".

If you get fooled by going to a spoofed site, for example http://signin.ebay.com@10.19.32.4/ (a "spoof" example used by ebay in their customer outreach),

Spoofstick will say: "You're on 10.19.32.4"

You can customize the color and size of the SpoofStick display to suit your tastes and make it harder for a fake site to try to “spoof” SpoofStick with a static graphic.

SpoofStick contains no adware, spyware, nagware or other unhealthy additives."

Browntoa

yes...this looks good as well