Google Safe Browsing Protects Your From 4,195 Sites

This article was written on September 11, 2006 by CyberNet.

Google Safe Browsing Firefox Extension Google has been offering the Safe Browsing Firefox extension for quite some time now and it is something that I install with every Firefox installation that I do. It is nice that the extension will no longer be needed in Firefox 2 because the Safe Browsing feature is going to be built-in.

The extension basically works by comparing the URL of the site you’re visiting to a list of known phishing sites. If a match is found you’ll see a warning similar to the one above. However, most people don’t realize that the extension is protecting you from 4,100+ sites! Don’t believe me? Checkout the list yourself.

Here are a few statistics that I gathered from the 4,195 blocked sites:

  • The word ebay is found 1,835 times.
  • The word paypal is found 1,209 times.
  • The word login is found 1,036 times.
  • The word bank is found 796 times.
  • The word secure is found 404 times.
  • The word chase is found 401 times.

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