Question:

What is pishing on the internet?

What is it? and how do I protect my computer?

Answer:

What is pishing on the internet?

Phishing: In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames

More or less it is the use of a application or a look a like website to trick you into entering information somewhere you should not be entering information.

For example you get a fake email form a phisher with a link to a MySpace look alike site with a intriguing message like ‘look at these pictures of you I found’ the site is not myspace.com though it looks like it. You attempt to login, and your information is transferred to the phisher.

Phishing has become increasingly prevalent in the last two years, always check the address that you are visiting before logging in. make sure it says the name of the site you think you are at!