26th July 2006, 11:15 AM
"New"? Yes, it has been around forever. Very simple thing here. Use common sense. Most people may actually need a filter, but if I try going to Nintendo.com and it's actually Nuntendo.com and it asks for my personal data, I think I'll be able to avoid it easily.
Phishing, like virii, is only a threat to the naive.
It's worms you have to look out for, or anything that uses security exploits to somehow install themselves without your permission.
Phishing, like virii, is only a threat to the naive.
It's worms you have to look out for, or anything that uses security exploits to somehow install themselves without your permission.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)