Is the web site you are
visiting safe?
How do you know you are going where you think?
Are you inserting personal credit card
information to a thief's website?
Check these links to see how others can get you
to go somewhere you do not intend and even give
up personal valuable information.There are
reports of 3rd party solutions. The cure may be
worse than the problem. It is not recommended to
install any unknown security patches unless you
are absolutely sure of their origin, function
and purpose. Do not take such websites for
granted as they may have their own motives and
interest.
BEWARE of
anything from an unknown source that may effect
your security.
Steps that you can take to
help identify and to help protect yourself from
deceptive (spoofed) Web sites
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Make and use this convenient tool to
check if the website is spoofed.
1. Right click the Desktop
2. Click "New"
3. Click "Shortcut"
4. Type any legitimate address in the box (this will be
changed in step 10)
5. Click "Next"
6. Type "Check Address" or whatever will help you
identify the shortcut.
7. Click "Finish"
8. Open Notepad and drag the new shortcut to the
notepad.
9. You will end up with something similar to:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
Modified=C02571CDCBC2C30174
10. Delete the second line. Copy and paste the following
JavaScript to the second line (RECENTLY CHANGED):
URL=javascript:alert("The real URL is: " +
location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/" + "\nThe
address URL is: " + location.href + "\n" + "If the
server names do not match, this may be a spoof.")
11. It should look something like this:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=javascript:alert("The real URL is: " +
location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/" + "\nThe
address URL is: " +
location.href + "\n" + "If the server names do not
match, this may be a spoof.")
Modified=C02571CDCBC2C30174
12. Click "File", Click "Save"
13. Open Internet Explorer and drag the shortcut to the
Links bar. Do not worry about a Security Alert at
this time.
14. Test the shortcut, click the shortcut and a message
will give the appropriate links. |
