The Internet security company Netcraft has released a Internet Explorer plug-in toolbar that could help you escape the wrath of online fraud. Netcraft's plug-in toolbar displays information about the popularity of a site, the country in which the site is hosted and the Internet address of the site. It also indicates whether other toolbar users have flagged the site as a possible phishing scam which uses fake websites that look like they belong to a trusted provider to obtain credit card information, passwords etc.

Netcraft director Mike Prettejohn said the effectiveness of the toolbar will largely depend on how widely the software is adopted.

Download from Netcraft for Internet Explorer. A version for Firefox browser under development.

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