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Feb 10 2005, 09:56 PM
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Karaoke MastR
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A new vulnerability has been found that allows a webpage to spoof the address bar to anything they want. Could be used for phishing, to collect credit card numbers or etc.
This affects Firefox, opera, mozilla, etc, but not IE, only because IE does not support IDN.
Only Firefox has a fix.
type "about:config" in the address bar.
find "network.enableIDN"
double click it, the status should change to "false", or rightclick and hit toggle
That's it, you're safe now. Sites trying to spoof an address in this way will now just popup with a message saying "xxx.com cannot be found".
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PSyMastR HORRIBLE FIREFOX EXPLOIT Feb 10 2005, 09:56 PM
mflintjer You can also add SpoofStick extension on your FF b... Feb 10 2005, 10:57 PM bfarber Great tip!
Moving to our Tips Tutorials sectio... Feb 11 2005, 08:08 AM Jewlz_K Just learned something new today...great tip :bes... Mar 17 2005, 05:30 PM
TimDog33 Does this work with Firefox Beta? Oct 26 2005, 12:36 PM
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