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InternetNews November 15, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Our Phishing Filter is Better Than Yours! It took a few months, but Mozilla now has its own study claiming filter superiority.
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InternetNews March 20, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft Looks to Give Phishers The Hook Microsoft has begun waging a war overseas against perpetrators who steal money by using the Internet to trick people into giving up their personal information.
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InternetNews February 28, 2006 Roy Mark	AOL Takes Phishers to Court Using Virginia's first-in-the-nation anti-phishing law, America Online filed three civil lawsuits today seeking $18 million in damages against unidentified phishers.
InternetNews October 5, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Relents on WGA Requirement For IE 7 Microsoft yesterday removed the controversial Windows Genuine Advantage validation requirement in the Internet Explorer 7 installation process, thus opening the experience to users of all versions of Windows - including pirated ones.
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InternetNews February 23, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	IE Phishing Exploit Reported A new potential phishing attack vector was revealed this week that might put Microsoft Internet Explorer users at risk if they're not careful.
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InternetNews June 22, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Few Browsers Safe From Latest Spoofing Flaw Newly reported flaw with JavaScript dialog boxes could lead to phishing attacks against almost all major browsers.
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