Safari Web Browser with Anti-Phishing Protection

Apple is finally started working in terms of security in their products and they have launched a new version of their Safari web browser with Anti-Phishing protection. The Anti-Phishing protection comes as software update from Apple for existing users of Safari web browser. This new update fixes a number of security issues that are present in Apple’s Safari web browser including unexpected application shutdowns and public disclosure of personal information, and addressed various vulnerabilities such as arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

According to Apple

is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses.

After looking to the latest update for Anti-Phishing protection in Apple’s Safari web browser there are a number of features are missing like users don’t have any control over the choosing the database of fraudulent websites. There is also not much control is there on Anti-Phishing protection, users can simply turn on the feature by clicking the turn Anti-Protection button.

Users running OS X can update their Safari web browser using the software update mechanism, Windows users can get this update by running Apple Software Update tool available. If you are not using Safari web browser you can download then

You can also download full Safari 3.2 installation for Mac OS X Leopard and for Windows Vista/XP.

Don’t use Safari : Paypal Said

Paypal said if you are using Safari (browser from Apple ) for Paypal website so please stop using that , because safari does not have the phishing filter. it’s better to use IE7 or IE8,Firefox  or Opera.Unlike  other web browsers Safari  does not have the built in phishing filter for website,warms and spywares.Safari does not have any mechanism for security  support only it has the SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

An emerging technology, EV certificates are already supported in Internet Explorer 7, and they’ve been used on PayPal’s Web site for more than a year now. When IE 7 visits PayPal, the browser’s address bar turns green — a sign to users that the site is legitimate. Upcoming versions of Firefox and Opera are expected to support the technology

 

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