Microsoft normally explains things in terms of "you're an idiot so we can't really explain this in a way that will make sense" but this one struck me differently. I came upon it by accident. Here goes.
What is a homograph attack?
A homograph is a word with the same spelling as another word but with a different meaning. In computers, a homograph attack is a Web address that looks like a familiar Web address but is actually altered. This occurs when the domain name was created by using alphabet characters from different languages, not just English. For example, the following Web address looks legitimate, but what you can't see is that the "i" is a Cyrillic character from the Russian alphabet.
www.microsoft.com
Phishers spoof the domain names of banks and other companies in order to deceive consumers into thinking that they are visiting a familiar Web site. Special software is needed to detect these kinds of spoofed domain names in Web addresses. See the next section to learn more about how The 2007 Office release helps protect you from links that attempt to lead you to suspicious Web sites.
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