Setting up ANTIphishing Options

Phishing Phishing takes its name from Password Harvesting Fishing. Phishing is a kind of e-mail fraud wherein the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking e-mails, typically with links to fraudulent Web sites that appear to come from well known and trustworthy sources. Phishers attempt to gather personal and financial information from the recipient for purposes of identity theft.
Phishing frauds are now the Internet’s biggest identity theft scam. Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical deceptions to steal members' personal identifiers and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes send official looking e-mails that provide links to counterfeit Web sites designed to lure recipients into divulging sensitive personal data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers.
The success rate for Phishers is staggering. Phishers can replicate Web sites and other branding of businesses, banks, merchants and credit card companies so well that an estimated 3%-5% of recipients unknowingly furnish Phishers with data.
Many Phishing sites host Spyware. While the user’s identity is being stolen, his or her computer is being set up for future malicious activities. frauds are now the Internet’s biggest identity theft scam. The ANTIfraud ANTIphishing Options dialog is used to enable Phishing protection (strongly recommended) and to create your personal Black List and White List.

For more information about Phishing, please see: What is Phishing and ANTIfraud's Phishing Protection.

SiteGuard™ Technology

ANTIfraud's SiteGuard™ technology blocks Phishing attacks by displaying an alert when you attempt to visit a known or potentially malicious Web site.

To enable Phishing Protection:

1. In the menu bar at the top of the ANTIfraud window. Click Tools. From the submenu, click Options... The ANTIfraud Options dialog is displayed. Click the tab labeled ANTIphishing.

2. Select the check box labeled Enable Phishing Protection. This is highly recommended.

You can click on the General, Form Filler and Security tabs within the illustration below to view the contents of these tabs.

Creating a Personal Black List and White List

Your Personal Black List is a list of Web sites you wish to block for your own reasons. You can Black List even sites ANTIfraud may have allowed as safe sites. Likewise, your Personal White List are those Web sites you wish to allow for your own reasons. You can White List even sites ANTIfraud may have flagged as potentially malicious sites.

To block specific Web sites using your Black List:

1. In the menu bar at the top of the ANTIfraud window. Click Tools. From the submenu, click Options... The ANTIfraud Options dialog is displayed. Click the tab labeled ANTIphishing.

2. In the Personal Black List group box, click Add. The system displays the Black List URL dialog. In the Domain: field, type in the complete URL (Web address) of the site you wish to block and click OK. Or. click Cancel to return to the previous dialog.

To allow specific Web sites using your White List:

1. In the menu bar at the top of the ANTIfraud window. Click Tools. From the submenu, click Options... The ANTIfraud Options dialog is displayed. Click the tab labeled ANTIphishing.

2. In the Personal White List group box, click Add. The system displays the White List URL dialog. In the Domain: field, type in the complete URL (Web address) of the site you wish to allow and click OK. Or. click Cancel to return to the previous dialog.