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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
phish .
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Examples
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PCs often become bot zombies because their owner was "phished"-fooled into clicking an e-mail attachment designed to launch the infection.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
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PCs often become bot zombies because their owner was "phished"-fooled into clicking an e-mail attachment designed to launch the infection.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
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PCs often become bot zombies because their owner was "phished"-fooled into clicking an e-mail attachment designed to launch the infection.
Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2010
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"phished" - that is, asked for their IM username and password to log in, according to the complaint.
TechNet Blogs 2009
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If choosing the right preparer weren't daunting enough, the IRS says there's the risk of being "phished": getting bogus e-mails from scamsters claiming to be from the agency.
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If choosing the right preparer weren't daunting enough, the IRS says there's the risk of being "phished": getting bogus e-mails from scamsters claiming to be from the agency.
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That firm was accused of using unauthorized personal data "phished" by other firms from some 6 million U.S. e-mail addresses.
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If you have received such a message, please contact our support, because your Premium Account might have been 'phished'.
Softpedia - Windows - All Catalin Cimpanu 2010
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Here's what you should do if you suspect you are being "phished" for personal financial information via
DN_EarthtoPhilly 2009
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Last week, Google announced that hundreds of its users had been "phished."
China Goes Phishing L. Gordon Crovitz 2011
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