December 13, 2005

Briefs: B of A offers Earthlink protective toolbar

Earthlink's anti-fraud toolbar is now being offered to customers who use Bank of America's online banking Web site.

The toolbar changes colors each time a different Web site is visited, alerting users to known sites that are of dubious authenticity or known pfisher sites.

B of A is the first major U.S. bank to make the toolbar available directly to its online customers.

Briefs: B of A offers Earthlink protective toolbar

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