Fortinet's security solution

Fortinet, a player in united threat management and a provider of ASIC-accelerated network-based antivirus firewall systems has launched its FortiGate systems.

These are security applications that can defeat the growing threat of e-crime-'pharming'.

'Pharming' is a sophisticated online confidence scam used to harvest personal financial deatils of the user's regular web surfing activities.

Users requesting a bona fide website are unknowingly sent to a fake website that mirrors a legitimate site.

To help eliminate the growing threat, Fortinet has released a five-step guide to identify whether a given website being visited is a part of a pharming attack or not.