Internet Explorer helps protect you when you file your taxes
This year experts predict that scammers will try to take advantage of people who file their taxes online. If you use common sense when it comes to offers that sound too good to be true, you can help avoid many different types of fraud.
Internet Explorer 7 can also help protect your personal information when you file your taxes online.
See Keep your identity safer this tax season.
How Internet Explorer helps you check the validity of a Web site
· Phishing Filter. Internet Explorer 7 includes Phishing Filter, which warns you if the site you're visiting might be fake.
· Extended Validation Certificates. Internet Explorer 7 includes support for Extended Validation (EV) Certificates. This means that your address bar will turn green if the site that you're visiting uses this technology.
For more information, see Help avoid online tax fraud.
