Comments on: Phishing Scams and How to Protect Yourself http://webupon.com/security/phishing-scams-and-how-to-protect-yourself/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:10:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: przxqgl http://webupon.com/security/phishing-scams-and-how-to-protect-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-31031 przxqgl Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:22:57 +0000 http://webupon.com/security/phishing-scams-and-how-to-protect-yourself/#comment-31031 one way to avoid phishing scams is to not accept mail that is HTML only. most email programs, including yahoo, gmail, hotmail and even aol, have a menu where you can select "Text only" or "HTML formatted" mail. if you choose "Text only" mail that has spoofed URIs or javascript will get rendered as text, and you can see the difference without even having to hover your mouse over links.<br /> <br /> text is for email. HTML is for web pages. if you use HTML for email, you're asking for trouble. one way to avoid phishing scams is to not accept mail that is HTML only. most email programs, including yahoo, gmail, hotmail and even aol, have a menu where you can select “Text only” or “HTML formatted” mail. if you choose “Text only” mail that has spoofed URIs or javascript will get rendered as text, and you can see the difference without even having to hover your mouse over links.

text is for email. HTML is for web pages. if you use HTML for email, you’re asking for trouble.

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