System and method for identifying a phishing website

[0017]Referring to FIG. 1, the system 10 is constructed to run on a computer system, such as a computer server, having a modern operating system like Microsoft Windows or a variant of UNIX such as Linux. The present system is currently compiled to run on a Linux OS derivative, Cent OS, offered by Red Hat. Database functionality is provided by PostgreSQL, which is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. PERL is currently used in the system to control communications through the Internet and to parse received e-mails. While the interpretive language PERL is currently used by the inventors, it is anticipated that a compiled language such as C would ultimately implement the features of the system.

[0018]Upon initiation 11 the system 10 receives 13 a string of supplied urls 12 and parses them 13 into a text file having a separate url on each line. The urls 12 are provided by a variety of sources such as an anti-spam company, an anti-phishing company, a “shut-down” company,