In March, security vendor Finjan plans to release a secure browsing extension for Firefox and Internet Explorer called SecureBrowsing. Currently in beta, the tool appears to be similar to tools offered by McAfee SiteAdvisor and Exploit Prevention Labs Linkscanner Pro, which overlay a search engine results page with safety ratings.
Unlike SiteAdvisor (which is excellent for phishing prevention) and Linkscanner Pro (which is excellent for exploit prevention), the Finjan tool also will identify potential sources of virus and Trojan horse activity. The SecureBrowsing beta currently only works on a handful of search items on a few search engines, so it remains to be seen whether the final Finjan tool will be as effective against phishing sites as SiteAdvisor.
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