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Detailed Information on IE address bar spoofing

Posted by geeknews at 2:48 AM on May 7, 2004

Hackers have been tricking Internet Explorer to show the wrong address for a long time which has tricked some people into going to sites that where not necessarily legitimate sites with the goal of scamming account numbers and passwords. Brian’s Buzz has a very good detailed article on the trend and what you should or probably have already done to protect yourself. [Brian
s Buzz] Thanks to Lockergnome for the Link.

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