L Travers wrote:
> I don't know if all browsers have this feature, but in Firefox, if you
> place your cursor over the link(without clicking), the actual link url
> will show up in the bottom bar. Your spoof links will often show up
> something totally different from where you think you are going. An
> easy, but not infallible check to verify that the link you are clicking
> is the link indicated.
"Thunderbird" (Mozilla's email counterpart to FireFox) will also do this for links in email messages, and the built-in Junk filter is quite effective in preventing this type of thing from landing in your Inbox in the first place.
The latest FireFox will also pop up a warning if you click on a link that has been identified as fraudulent in some way.
Good features, and the price is right (free).
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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA