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Microsoft adds Microsoft Phishing Filter to Internet Explorer 6

Looks like the delay in the launch of Windows Vista Operating System and the continuing security bugs being discovered in their Internet Explorer is forcing Microsoft to bring some of the features of Internet Explorer 7 to the current edition Internet Explorer 6. The latest in the series, which included Tabbed Browsing, is the Microsoft Phishing Filter.

The company has quietly back-ported this one of the most important update expected from the IE 7 version to IE6. It is available to current generation web browser users as an add-on to the MSN Search Toolbar. It is a free 1.3MB download of the anti-phishing add-on is now available in beta form for IE 6/MSN Search Toolbar users running Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2).

Samantha McManus, a business strategy manager at Microsoft spoke about this update: “The specific implementation for each product is very slightly different to fit in with each product’s user experience, but yes, the technology is the same.” Both the versions would be using the technology by the Technology Care and Safety team within the MSN unit.

Checkout: MSN Search Toolbar