http://www.hexview.com/sdp/node/24
(Show this article to your computer-illiterate spouse to confuse him/her
even more :)
Better yet, do the right thing and implement Tip #4: Go to the secure
SSL login page of your bank. Verify the URL. Verify that the SSL
certificate was issued to your bank by examining its properties. Now
bookmark the SSL page. Tell your computer-illiterate spouse to *always* go
to the bank login via favorites with the page you just bookmarked. If there
are any popup warnings from the browser [such as from certificate name
mismatch], do no log in. This catches all variations of Pharming,
man-in-the-middle, and type-alike sites. It offers no protection from
local trojans/keyloggers.
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