Anti-phishing toolbars broken?

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Re: Anti-phishing toolbars broken?

Gisle Hannemyr wrote:

> A number of anti-phishing tools are now available. They are supposed
> to warn web surfers when they are about to enter a phishing web site,
> so they can steer clear.


Bullshit. If you're not warned, it might still be a phishing site. That's by
design.

> Unfortunately, they seem less then perfect. Not only is one my own web
> pages branded as a "known phishing web site" by one of these tools
> (Norton Internet Security Online),


Well, of course, this is one of the famous Norton malware packages.

> Any thoughts on what the cause of why these tools fail to make
> the correct call in the two cases I write about?


Because the people are only selling something that gives a good feeling, not
actually provides security.