Phishing Blocker
Phishing Blocker is a Firefox extension that detects websites impersonating legitimate services through homograph characters and address masking. It alerts users with a popup and lets them add trusted sites to an exception list.
Overview
5 featuresPhishing Blocker is a Website firewall, bot & spam protection project. It focuses on detecting and blocking phishing websites that impersonate legitimate domains. Phishing Blocker is a consumer product aimed at firefox users seeking browser-based phishing protection. Phishing Blocker costs nothing to use. It runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Behind Phishing Blocker is Hjok, and it first shipped in 2018. Among its 5 catalogued features are homograph detection, address masking detection, and fraud popups. The interface is available in 32 languages, including Czech, German, and Greek.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Homograph detection
- Address masking detection
- Fraud popups
- Exception list
- Address bar controls
Built with & integrations
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed14 Sep · 15:12 UTCPhishing Blocker verified via Firefox Add-onsSource: Firefox Add-ons · Open
Frequently asked questions about Phishing Blocker
- What does Phishing Blocker do?
- Phishing Blocker focuses on detecting and blocking phishing websites that impersonate legitimate domains. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.
- Who is Phishing Blocker for?
- Phishing Blocker is a consumer product built for firefox users seeking browser-based phishing protection.
- Is Phishing Blocker free?
- Yes — Phishing Blocker is free to use.
- What platforms does Phishing Blocker run on?
- Phishing Blocker runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
- Is Phishing Blocker still maintained?
- Unverified. Phishing Blocker has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What are alternatives to Phishing Blocker?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Pixm Phishing Protection, Padvish Antiphishing, and PhishFinderAK.Pixm Phishing ProtectionPadvish AntiphishingPhishFinderAK
- Who develops Phishing Blocker?
- Phishing Blocker is developed by Hjok.
- When did Phishing Blocker launch?
- Phishing Blocker first shipped in 2018.
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