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Both Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer provide phishing filters in their latest releases. Now it’s Opera’s turn to release Opera 9.1 with fraud protection measures.

“Opera Software today released an update to its popular, eponymous, freely-available web browser. Opera 9.1 adds a phishing filter, an improved ad blocker, and a built-in BitTorrent link for speedier downloads, according to the company.”

Opera’s advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information. With Opera Fraud Protection enabled, every Web page you request is subjected to a phishing filter, and the status of the page is displayed as an icon on the right side of the address field.

The Opera browser will makes contact with the fraud protection server every time you request a Web page. HTTPS sites are checked via an encrypted channel. The server checks the domain name of the requested page against live whitelists compiled by GeoTrust, and blacklists compiled by GeoTrust and Phishtank. Opera’s fraud protection server downloads blacklists directly from Phishtank, and sends a query to GeoTrust.

By default, Opera Fraud protection is disabled. Opera Fraud Protection can be enabled/disabled from Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Security by checking/unchecking the box marked “Enable Fraud Protection.”

What are you waiting for? Get the new Opera 9.1 and enhance your online security. For more info about Opera 9.1 new features, see the change log.