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Useful Links & ResourcesAPWG Special Report on Phishing (PDF) Identity Theft Websites http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ Anti-Phishing SoftwareEarthLink ScamBlocker This is part of a free browser toolbar that alerts you before you visit a page that's on Earthlink's list of known fraudulent phisher Web site. It is free to all Internet users. Spy Sweeper 3.5 Spy Sweeper safely detects and removes more traces of spyware including Trojans, adware, keyloggers and system monitoring tools (e.g. Gator, Xupiter, Backorifice and others). The definition files are updated frequently to include the latest threats - just click a button inside the program to download the latest definition updates. If items are found during a scan, the program offers a short description, as well as recommendations on how to protect yourself and your PC. Since removing some spyware components can cause some depending programs to stop working, Spy Sweeper offers the option to quarantine (or disable) spyware, preventing the spy from functioning, but still allowing you access to the program that came bundled with the component. Additional features include an option to exclude selected programs from the scan, lock your browser home page, scheduled background scanning and more. PhishGuard Anti-Scam System PhishGuard is a simple, FREE software service for computers running Microsoft operating systems (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP) and any version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater. PhishGuard harnesses the collective observations of Internet users to detect and rapidly disable Internet “phishing” or “spoofing” attacks. Once installed on your computer, PhishGuard unobtrusively monitors sites on the Internet that you visit with your browser. When you attempt to visit a harmful site, a warning window immediately appears giving information on when the site was discovered, and why it is considered harmful. You can still choose to visit that site, but we don't recommend it! The first person to discover a suspected phishing scam can use PhishGuard to report the offending email or URL (website address), literally in seconds. There is no need to divulge any confidential information to the scammers. Within minutes, our monitoring team has verified the scam, and added it to the PhishBase™ database. Updates to the database are rapidly distributed to every PhishGuard-protected computer, effectively immunizing them against the newly discovered scam. Spy Catcher SpyCatcher eliminates thousands of spyware and adware, and auto-updates to provide state-of-the-art protection. SpyCatcher includes a Reinstall Shield that stops advanced spyware programs from reinstalling after deletion. It alerts you before spyware is installed and also blocks 'phishing' scams, which try to dupe you into entering your credit card information into false Web sites. Unlike other anti-phishing tools, which rely on inaccurate 'blacklists', SpyCatcher's exclusive technology compares the site you're visiting to the true Web site, and warns you if the visited page is false before your information is stolen. SpyCatcher's Parachute feature eliminates spyware that installs in the PC's boot process and that watches you even when you're offline. SpyCatcher also tricks some ad-dependent software into running after its threat has been eliminated. SpyCatcher's online encyclopedia gives extensive information about found spyware. The Scheduler enables you to run scans automatically. |
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