IE7 security highlighted again

Screenshot of IE7 security warning.

Microsoft’s official IE Blog gives us more information on how the phishing filter will work on IE7 :

The Phishing Filter shows warnings to users when it detects a site that might be trying to misrepresent its identity.

When the Phishing Filter is in use, IE will fill the address bar with red for known phishing sites, and with yellow for suspected phishing sites (see image). In both cases, the address bar will include text that explains that the user should effectively either “stop” or proceed with “caution”. In IE7, most normal sites including those with “the lock” today will not have a color-filled address bar.

Will all surfers notice the red or yellow bar at the top of the screen though? Wouldn’t an additional pop-up warning be acceptable given the nature of the threat?

Note also the “RSS” box. It seems the team hasn’t yet decided on an icon. Maybe Dave Winer has convinced them that RSS is the way to go after all.