Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as username, password and credit card details as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites ,auction sites, online payment process or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public .Phishing emails may contain links to websites that are infected with malware.A Phishing technique was described in details in 1987 and the first recorded use of the term “Phishing” was made in 1995.A Phishing was described in details, in a paper and presentation delivered to the International HP users Group , Interex.
