Phishing question?

how could i become a victim of fishing would an anti virus

software detect fishing or intrusion if the firewall lets it get through and could phishing access my desktop and files.

Phishing question?suzuki

victim of phishing would mean u access a legitimate-looking site which passes off as the actual site. thus, u login and ur info is captured by the fake site. basically, firewalls and antivirus programs won't help. only your brains can save you. however, tools are available tt can help, like IE7...which blocks commonly-known phishing sites. and no, phishing works by u believing them to be real, and not looking closely at the address bar. so they can't steal ur files.

Phishing question?virus

Phishing usually involves someone tricking you into giving them personal information (credit card number, password,etc.) by ways of human manipulation. For example, someone could send you a fake email from a bank that asks you to send them your bank account number.

So basically, there is no software or hardware that can detect that you are being phished because they attack you by means of normal human communication ( email, fake websites, etc.) instead of using things like viruses. Just be smart, and as a rule of thumb, never give up any personal information to anyone, even if you trust them.