16. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein said step of calculating a hash value comprises the step of calculating a hash value based upon methodologies selected from the group consisting of MD5, WHIRLPOOL, SHA-1, SHA-256, and RIPEMD-160.
15. A computerized method for facilitating the identification of a phishing website, comprising the steps of: a. receiving a url suspected of being a phishing website with a computer system having a processor connected to a computer network; b. using the computer system to retrieve over the computer network an index page associated with said url; c. calculating with the processor a hash value of said index page; d. comparing with the processor said hash value of said index page to a set of hash values of previously evaluated urls to find a match; and, e. if a match is not found, using the computer system to output an electronic communication to a human indicting further evaluation of said url is necessary, wherein if no match is found in said hash value comparison step, imitating the following steps: f. retrieving over the network all remaining elements at said url; g. using the processor to calculate a hash value for each of said retrieved elements to create a hash value set associated with said url; h. using the processor to compare said hash value set to prior saved hash value sets and calculating a similarity value for each said comparison; i. using the processor to determine if each said similarity value exceeds a prior established threshold; and, j. outputting from the computer system a match indication if any of said similarity values exceeds said threshold.