How not to: Avoid getting Phished
Posted On Friday, June 27, 2008 at at 7:58 PM by IshanHow to get phished? Were you trying to get phished? Yes! Then you are at a good place. I will tell you how to get phished in 5 simple and easy steps. No, this is not a phishing site, nor I will link to phishing site. I will just tell how to get phished. Here we start:
Turn off safe search
Ever visited Google? When you search, there is a small line of text - "Moderate Safe search is on" , first find it. I am not going to tell you! Turn safe search on and search for " million dollars " , "becoming rich in 1 month " etc. You will surely see some links. You will have to search a bit for phishing sites. But the problem is that Google may auto-filter such sites. This step may fail. Move on to next one.
Turn off all anti-......s
Do you have any anti-viruses or anti-spywares installed? Yes! And you are trying to get phished? Shame on you. Uninstall them all this moment, restart and come back to this page. I will be waiting for you.
Do not update
Use oldest browser which is available and to top it all, do not update. Actually, what they do in updates is fix security holes. If you have got all security holes fixed, how would you get phished?
Believe " You have won .......... " mails
Do you get mails which say you have won ........ with links where you can claim prize? If yes, click them, enter sensitive information required and then relax waiting to get phished.
Believe " Bank " mails
By bank mail, I mean the mails which say that the bank database has got corrupt and they require your details to save your money. Click links in these mails and enter your bank password. Then see what happens to money in your account.
Not yet phished?
Last and most effective step would be to visit porn sites. I do not need to say anything about them. Or do I? Tell me!