ACCESS MONITORING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING ACCESS MONITORING PROGRAM

In an access monitoring method executed by a computer: information on a first link is recorded when a request for access through the first link is detected and authentication information is transmitted through the first link; and when an email containing information on a second link is received and a request for access through the second link is detected, a determination whether or not the information on the second link is identical, in a predetermined part, to the recorded information on the first link is made. In the case where yes is determined, access through a link is forbidden when the information on the link is identical, in the predetermined part, to the recorded information on the first link, and the recorded information on the first link is transmitted to a server which collects information on links.