The Netcraft Anti-Phishing Extension is now available for Microsoft Edge.
Netcraft anti-phishing extension on Microsoft Edge.
The Netcraft Anti-Phishing Extension provides phishing and XSS protection as well as informing you about the websites you visit. It was first made available for Internet Explorer in December 2004, followed by Firefox in 2005, Chrome in 2012 and Opera in 2013. Microsoft Edge is now supported with the arrival of the extension in the Windows Store. The extension is compatible with the current version of Microsoft Edge (34+) as well as the preview version available at Microsoft Edge Insider.
The extension displays a website’s hosting provider, country, longevity and popularity, along with an abstracted risk rating for each site. Its key features are:
- Protection against phishing sites โ the Netcraft anti-phishing community is effectively a giant neighbourhood watch scheme, empowering the most alert and most expert members to defend everyone within the community. As soon as the first recipients of a phishing mail report it, Netcraft blocks it for all users of the extension, providing an additional level of protection from phishing. Netcraft processes reports of fraudulent URLs from a variety of sources and proactively searches for new fraudulent sites.
- Detailed site reports โ simply click the Netcraft logo to access a wealth of information about the sites you visit, helping you to make informed choices about their safety.
- Risk ratings โ we evaluate the characteristics of the site compared against those depicted by fraudulent sites. The result is a simple visual summary displayed on the site report.
- Convenient reporting for suspected phishing & fraudulent sites โ at the click of the button you can report suspected web forgeries to Netcraft, helping to protect the community. Netcraft operates an incentive scheme for phishing site submissions, including iPads, backpacks, mugs, and more. As of July 2019, over 65 million phishing sites have been detected and blocked by Netcraft since its anti-phishing service was launched.
- Protection against cross site scripting (XSS) โ the extension optionally traps XSS and other suspicious URLs which contain characters highly likely to deceive.
Left: Microsoft Edge without the Extension – Right: The Netcraft Extension blocking page
The extension is now available to download from the Microsoft Store and once installed will automatically start blocking malicious sites. It is also available from the Google Chrome Store, Opera add-ons page and the Firefox add-ons page.
Netcraft has also released apps for iOS and Android, which protect your mobile device from phishing attacks.