address bar spoofing Last modified: Thursday, September 03, 2009
A result of malicious software where a user's browser address bar is altered to force the browser to display Web pages as chosen by the attacker. Address bar spoofing is done by running a script that removes the browser's address bar and replaces it with a fake one. See also browser hijacker.
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