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Originally Posted by SelfProtection

If recent events hadn't made me slightly paranoid I'd have ignored the possible link between the possible financial Plights of Nebuad & Phorm & this recent Spam Explosion.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...c=news_ts_head

Just to update the phishing element on this spam - the reply I had back from netcraft says "The URL you recently submitted could not be accepted as a phishing site by the Netcraft Anti-Phishing Team, for the following reason:

The Netcraft Toolbar does not block this type of site.
See http://toolbar.netcraft.com/help/faq/#whattoreport
for details of the types of sites that we block."

So much for thinking that netcraft do a good job of recording malware sites - perhaps this explains the reason? - "We will also block URLs that return malicious or virus infested executable files, but only if either BitDefender or ClamAV detects a problem with the executable." - so fake flash updates that leave computers open to downloads of multiple malware don't get counted.

For those who believe that the anti-phishing feature of Webwise is good and an improvement on browser security, I have only one thing to say: a fool and his privacy are soon parted.

For those who want to get out the basic message about Webwise, this non-existant security feature being 'sold' as anti-phishing is probably more dangerous to ISP customers than anything else they could 'put onto' their computers.