Phishing more common than viruses

Data from MessageLabs showed that in January 2007 number of phishing attacks overtook number of virus attacks. Emails containing phishing attacks has now reached 1.07%, while Trojans and viruses infected 0.83% of all emails. So what is Phising and how can I prevent it? Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information like credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. When phishing occurs, an professional-seeming e-mail is sent to recipients pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. These messages may be sent to people on selected lists or on any list, expecting that some percentage of recipients will actually have an account with the organization the message claims as its source. The e-mail usually asks the user to re-enter their financial or account information because of some internal technical error. The page might seem official, but any HTML page on the web can be copied, so be wary even of sites that "look" official. To prevent phishing on your computer you must equip your computer with the proper software to detect and prevent phishing. We suggest Norton Confidential. See this page for details on this personal privacy defender http://www.topcfr.com/