[pchelpers] Re: New Phishing trick

That's very sneaky.

PcCowboy wrote:

>There is a new Phishing trick out there as reported by:
>
>http://www.aunty-spam.com/microsoft-advisory-on-web-browser-phishing-trick-involving-overlapping-browser-windows/
>
>
>The way that it works is this: you visit a website - unbeknownst to you 
>a phisher’s website - and that site redirects you to a real, legitimate 
>site. So let’s say that you get an email with a link to YourBank.com, 
>but it’s really a link to ThatPhisher.com. However, ThatPhisher.com 
>invisibly redirects you to the real YourBank.com website, so what you 
>see is your bank’s real, legitimate website.
>
>However, at the *same* time, as your browser hits and passes through 
>ThatPhisher.com, ThatPhisher.com causes your browser to pop-up one or 
>more new windows or dialogue boxes, which prompt you to enter personal 
>information for YourBank.com (such as your account information or 
>password). You have no reason to think that the information is being 
>requested by anyone other than YourBank.com, because hey, you’re at the 
>real YourBank.com website!
>
>
>What to do if you are presented with such a new window or dialogue box?
>
>Close them, go to your main browser window, and manually type in the 
>address of the real website (in this case YourBank.com). If the window 
>or dialogue box pops up again, then it was likely legitimate. If it 
>doesn’t, well, you’ve just saved yourself from being phish phood.
>
>
>Pc
>
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