The number of threats on the modern Internet is simply amazing. For the same “Android”, so many malicious applications have already been created that this platform easily breaks the “palm” in this problem even for Windows (how much is it correct to compare the two platforms).
Be that as it may, we persistently do not recommend going out into the vast
World Wide Web without the included antivirus. But there is one problem that even he can sometimes not cope with - a phishing link. What kind of phenomenon is this?
On live bait
"Fisher" in English is called a fisherman. Accordingly, the link of the same name is a kind of "live bait", which the user "pecks". What is the danger of such a bait?
The fact is that when you click on this kind of link, the site of some well-known organization (bank, postal service or social network), which in fact is not such, is most often displayed.
The user trustingly enters his username / password into the carefully provided fields, after which they instantly fall into the hands of the "fisherman".
Is everything so bad?
You might think that any site on which you had fun chatting with your friends just yesterday could turn any phishing link into a password trap. Is this true or fiction?
As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. Unfortunately, computer knowledge is close to zero for most users. So, many of them have absolutely no idea where the address bar is. But if you know some of its features, then you will not be afraid of any phishing link! What is this secret?
Go to any normal site (visit Gmail, for example) and look in the left corner of the address bar. See a small castle symbol? This means that the connection is trusted and secure.
Domain
If you at least listened to a computer science teacher, you probably know about domains. This is the part of the website address, which has the form “com”, “rf”, “uk”, etc. It indicates in which state a particular resource is “registered” on the territory of which state.
But now this is not important to us. Two identical sites on the same domain (with a completely identical name) can exist, so the "fishermen" go to tricks. Their phishing link (what it is, you already know) leads to a resource whose interface can completely repeat the same VKontakte social network.
But! If you look at the address bar again, then instead of the “com” domain you will see something much more exotic there. For example, "su". And if there flaunts a second-level domain (or even a third), having the form "... ucoz.ru", then the site is 100% phishing!
How to deal with it
First, you need to look more often at the appearance of sites, notice the oddities associated with the address bar, and also install an antivirus. The same Kaspersky will do. A phishing link will be blocked even on the “approach”, and you will avoid many problems associated with the theft of your data and loss of money.
In addition, search engines have recently been extremely revered by fans of free fishing. If the site is caught on something like that, then when you visit it, you will see the message “blocked by phishing link”. Keep this in mind and do not ignore such warnings!