Opera updates browser with phishing filter

Most folks probably know this, but fyi. 

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/121806-opera-updates-browser-with-phishing.html?nltxsec=1218securityalert2&code=nlsecuritynewsal57188

Opera updates browser with phishing filter
By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, 12/18/06
Opera Software has added a filter that blocks phishing sites from its Web 
browser software, following the example set by rivals Microsoft and 
Mozilla. 
In Version 9.1 of the Opera Web browser released Monday, the company 
introduced a phishing filter that uses information from PhishTank and 
GeoTrust to help protect users from being duped by phishers. 
PhishTank, overseen by the OpenDNS open source group, is a collaborative 
clearinghouse that lets anyone submit and track data about phishing sites. 
GeoTrust provides digital certificates. 
Phishing is a form of online fraud in which miscreants use forged Web 
sites that often look like sites of banks or other trusted financial 
institutions to trick users into giving up personal information. Filters 
such as the one in Opera 9.1 alert users when they may be visiting a known 
phishing site so they can proceed with caution and choose not to provide 
requested information to that site. 
The Opera 9.1 browser is available free at www.opera.com.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 2 browsers also 
include filters that block phishing sites. Microsoft released IE 7 for 
Windows XP in October, the same month Mozilla released Firefox 2. 
IE 7 will be included in the consumer version of Windows Vista that's 
expected to be released on Jan. 30. Microsoft recently patched a flaw in 
the antiphishing filter in IE 7 for XP and plans to patch the same flaw 
for Vista upon its consumer release. 
Opera's Web browser has not been adopted widely by computer users, who 
still primarily use Internet Explorer as their browser. However, the Oslo 
company has had substantial success in distributing its Opera Mini browser 
on mobile devices through partnerships with device providers around the 
world. 

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