SpoofStick description
Helps to identify phishing scams
SpoofStick is a useful and simple browser extension that allows users to detect spoofed (fake) websites.
A sful and simple browser extension that allows users to detect spoofed (fake) websites.
A spoofed website is typically made to look like a well known, branded site (like ebay.com or citibank.com) with a slightly different or confusing URL.
The attacker then tries to trick people into going to the spoofed site by sending out fake email messages or posting links in public places -hoping that some percentage of users won’t notice the incorrect URL and give away important information.
This practice is sometimes known as phishing”.
SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a spoofed website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information.
It’s not a comprehensive solution, but it’s a good start. For example, if you’re on the following URL (this is a real, legitimate ebay url):
http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?
SignIn&UsingSSL=0&pUserId=&ru=http%3A%2F%
2Fcontact.ebay.com%2Fws1%2FeBayISAPI.dll%
3FShowCoreAskSellerQuestion%26requested%
3Ddominicsmusic%26de%3Doff%26iid%
3D3711129021%26frm%3D284%26acceptcookie%
3D0%26loginconfirmed%3D0%26redirect%3D0%
26pass%3D%7B_pass_%7D%26userid%3D&pp=p
ass&co_partnerid=2&pageType=711″
Spoofstick will say: “You’re on ebay.com”.
If you get fooled by going to a spoofed site, for example http://signin.ebay.com@10.19.32.4/ (a “spoof” example used by ebay in their customer outreach),
Spoofstick will say: “You’re on 10.19.32.4″
You can customize the color and size of the SpoofStick display to suit your tastes and make it harder for a fake site to try to spoof SpoofStick with a static graphic.
SpoofStick contains no adware, spyware, nagware or other unhealthy additives.
Installation Instructions
- Download the spoofstick-ie.exe executable file to your computer, and double click on it to run.
- Follow the instructions in the installer.
- Restart all copies of Internet Explorer after installing SpoofStick.
- If you’re running Windows XP SP2, in IE look under “Tools->Internet Options->Advanced” for a checkbox entitled “Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)”. Make sure that’s checked and reboot your computer.
What’s New in This Release:
· Addresses compatibility with Firefox 1.5
· Catches recent IE “res2res://” flaw
External Mirror 1 - SpoofStick for Firefox