firefox compatible netcraft toolbar

[kronas]

Netcraft has released its security toolbar for the open source Firefox browser, aiming to limit the threat from phishing scams by using a blacklist of known fraudulent websites.

The technology relies on individuals earmarking the URLs of phishing websites and passing the information on to other users. The toolbar then blocks access to the sites.

It also makes sure that the browser displays all the toolbars. Some phishing sites hide the URL to prevent users from noticing that the URL of the fraudulent site differs from the legitimate version.

download:
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/

source:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...phishing-sites

[MrBen]

I've been running it for a few days now. I had a strange problem whereby if you clicked on any of the links in the toolbar it would visit that page, but hide all the menus & toolbars! The only way back was to close the browser and re-open it.

I spent some time removing the extensions I had installed and the problem cleared after I removed FeedView. I then reinstalled all the extensions I removed (including FeedView) and the problem has stayed away. Very odd.

Just something for others to bear in mind if they run into the same problem

Ben