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By Paul Gil, About.com Guide to Internet for Beginners since 2004

Stop Phishing with CyberDefender

Saturday November 4, 2006
A "phishing" scam is a digital con game... where a convincing-looking login page lures you into typing your personal password. Commonly these phishing scams are fake versions of online banking, eBay and PayPal pages. And unless you have your wits about you, you are likely to succumb and divulge your password to criminals.  That is, unless you have an anti-phishing toolbar to stop you before you get phished...  

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