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Technology from Digital Resolve will be used in IE 6 and 7

ComputerWorld, Jeremy Kirk.

September 05, 2006 (IDG News Service) -- Microsoft Corp. is using data mining techniques from Digital Resolve Inc. in its Internet browsers to guard against so-called phishing attacks, in which dubious Web sites try to harvest personal information from unknowing victims.

Norcross, Ga.-based Digital Resolve announced today that Microsoft is licensing data from its Trusted Server technology, which crawls the Internet and builds lists of Web sites and their legitimate Internet Protocol addresses.

The data will be used by the antiphishing filter in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Versions 6 and 7 in addition to Windows Live Toolbar, a browser search box, Digital Resolve said.

The technology focuses heavily on the Web sites of financial companies and e-commerce sites. It looks at 39 characteristics of a site, including IP address, location, domain and the Internet service provider, said Dennis Maicon, Digital Resolve's vice president for financial services solutions. It also checks how long a particular domain is valid based on its registration information.

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