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Spoofstick
SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a 'spoofed' website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information. It's not a comprehensive solution, but it's a good start!
So what is Spoofstick? With the upsurge of fake websites, Spoofstick assists you in making sure you are on a legitimate website, not a spoof one! And best of all, the software is completely free to install and run.
| Here's a good example of Spoofstick working on a real website (ours!). As you can see, the website displays the correct URL, (i.e. www.tacticalpanda.co.uk or tacticalpanda.co.uk), then there is a very good chance that this is in fact the right place, and a 'real' website.
If you get fooled into clicking on a link that is going to a spoofed site, for example http://signin.ebay.com@10.19.32.4/ (a 'spoof' example used by ebay in their customer outreach), Spoofstick will say: 'You're on 10.19.32.4' - obviously not eBay! |
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SpoofStick just sits there contently displaying the domain name of the site you're currently on. Before entering any information into a site, glance up at SpoofStick to confirm that you are where you think you are.
To configure the size and color of the display, click on the button labeled [options] and select the 'Configure SpoofStick' options.
SpoofStick is a normal IE toolbar, so you can turn it on and off by going to the View->Toolbars menu and toggling the checkmark next to SpoofStick.
You can drag and drop and resize the SpoofStick toolbar by going to the View->Toolbars menu, unlocking the toolbars, making whatever changes you want to SpoofStick, then locking the toolbars again.
Installation Instructions (Internet Explorer)
Download the spoofstick-ie.exe executable file to your computer by clicking here, then double click on it to run. Follow the instructions in the installer. Restart all copies of Internet Explorer after installing SpoofStick.
If you're running Windows XP SP2, in IE look under 'Tools->Internet Options->Advanced' for a checkbox entitled 'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)'. Make sure that's checked and reboot your computer.
Installation Instructions (Firefox)
Download spoofstick-firefox.xpi by clicking here, and save it in a local directory. In Firefox, go to File->Open File and open the spoofstick-firefox.xpi file from where you saved it. When installation is complete, close all Firefox windows and restart the browser.
SpoofStick just sits there contently displaying the domain name of the site you're currently on. Before entering any information into a site, glance up at SpoofStick to confirm that you are where you think you are.
To configure the size and color of the display, right click anywhere on SpoofStick or go to Tools->Options->Extensions, select 'spoofstick-firefox.xpi' and click on the 'Options' button.
SpoofStick is no longer a toolbar, but a button. To enable SpoofStick, select View->Toolbars->Customize, and drag SpoofStick onto any toolbar. To configure or uninstall SpoofStick, select Tools->Extensions.
Spoofstick Options
| To help you decide how to display Spoofstick, here is an example of how we have configured our own Spoofstick installation via the 'Options' menu (see picture). |  |