How to report a site as Phishing website in IE ?

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Phishing websites are basically fraudulent or fake websites that extract protected user information. Like a banking phishing website may want to extract login and credit card information of users trying to access it. We have already seen how to check a website for phishing within IE? If you suspect a website as phishing website, you can easily report that website to Microsoft for quick check.

Report site as Phishing website

1. Open website in IE that you want to report for phishing.

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2. Goto Tools > Phishing Filter > Check this website

Reported website will be added to Microsoft database for quick check for its phishing status. So, if you encounter any suspicious website make sure you report it and help keep web safe.

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