Comments on: Newly Discovered URL Spoofing Trick Affects I.E. and Safari

By: Fifty

Fifty — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:42:57 +0000

One also has to be wary of java overlays that some sites use. this masks the url and then process the information in java code

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:45:58 +0000

Yep…if you just hover the mouse over the link it will show the same as what is being displayed as the “true” link. Right clicking and selecting PROPERTIES will show the actual source link.

By: AnniM

AnniM — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:54:03 +0000

As was noted by someone else, I had to right-click on the link - just hovering the mouse over it did not show the alternate address in IE 6. Right-clicking did reveal the “true” link.

By: ken

ken — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:18:55 +0000

just place cursor over link &
look at bottom left of screen & see if the 2 match
if not don’t click it

By: Marcos

Marcos — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:28:53 +0000

One way I saw is that if you right click on the link then it will display the real link in the lower left corner of the ie screen on version 6

By: Lockergnome's IT Professionals

Lockergnome's IT Professionals — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:27:30 +0000

A newly discovered URL spoofing trick can affect anyone using I.E. versions up to and including 6.0.2800.1106, and Safari for Mac. (IE version 6.0.2900, Mozilla, and Firefox are not affected.) The way that it works is that it allows the…