Many Internet users do not realize how dangerous Phishing can be. They receive a email which claims to be from their bank and they blindly trust everything that is written in that mail and will click on any links that are displayed in that mail to “update” their security software or passwords. They are usually redirected to sites that password fish their passwords and use them to make online transactions. I’m always astonished by the amount of users that want to do online banking for instance on the Internet but lack basic security knowledge.
Installing a software that protects the computer against most forms of phishing would be one way to deal with the lack of knowledge. Delphish is a free anti-phishing extension for Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. It adds a new toolbar to the email client with several new options. The most important button in that toolbar is the Check for Phishing button which analyzes the mail in two steps. The first step is a comparison to an online database that contains known phishing emails. If that check is positive the result will be shown and the mail will be moved into the phishing folder.
