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We’ve discussed a lot about phishing sites before and what all steps can be taken to avoid phishing scams. This time, I would love to present you with a Firefox plugin which help you in being safe from all those nasty phishing sites.
Although, Firefox has got the anti-phishing filters but still, it is nice to have this filter because it utilizes the database of Phishtank (A community, which manages the database of phishing sites and adds the sites after verification. If you know any such phishing site, then go ahead and submit it to Phishtank.).

PhishTank SiteChecker is an extension developed by Masa (an active extension developer of various services like Gabbly, Phishtank, WordPress, Meebo etc.) for Mozilla Firefox, which warns people about the phishing attack. The good thing about this extension is that it is making the use of Phishtank’s database (Trusted source) but the bad thing is that it only depends on phishtank’s database i.e. it does’nt have the power to recognize a possible phishing site as it is still not in the phishtank’s database.

Anyway, considering the fact that Phishtank, Firefox’s phishing filters can combine themselves and give added layer of protection. This is how a person is notified about the blocked website. It gives the option of viewing the details and also gives the option of viewing the website as well. Although, who would love to see a phishing website.

Please install this extension and upgrade your Firefox to the latest version i.e. Firefox 2. This plugin is compatible with Firefox 2 as well and not only that it also works with Flock. Let’s go ahead and contribute in the phishtank as well. You can not only contribute by submitting the phishing websites but also by voting and helping the community verify the submitted phishing websites.

UPDATE : Updated the links to the new homepage of phishtank sitechecker.
[Links : Install Phishtank SiteChecker | Phishtank SiteChecker Homepage | Phishtank]
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