using mcafee siteadvisor

[billgoldberg]

i was wondering how many use mcafee siteadvisor when browsing the net with firefox or IE. i use it and find it pretty useful to get info on the website i want to visit especially when need to check up sites thrown up during search.

to quote wikepedia



links

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/...teadvisor.html

http://blog.siteadvisor.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiteAdvisor

I don't use it.

I have no need for it.

[caljohnsmith]

SandySandy, if you like McAfee SiteAdvisor, you might also want to consider the "WOT" add-on, or "Web of Trust". It is just like SiteAdvisor, except everyone who uses it gives their own security ratings of the sites they visit; therefore the website's rating is determined by the average rating of all the users who rate it, rather than by a single authority like SiteAdvisor.

I've found that can be quite helpful, because as an example, shareaza.com got hijacked last year by cohorts of the RIAA, and yet it still had a green rating by SiteAdvisor for months after the hijacking. But WOT users figured it out quick and gave it a red rating within a week or so of the hijacking. So if you like SiteAdvisor, I would recommend also using WOT; I don't think WOT replaces SiteAdvisor, but it gives another valuable opinion of the website you visit.

[sandysandy]

thanks caljohnsmith for the link to wot

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456

http://www.mywot.com/

have installed it in addition to site advisor.

regards

[Kernel Sanders]

I value my privacy too much for this. In order to check the site they will have to be informed which sites i'm going to. Um, no.

[oldsoundguy]

Firefox now has W.O.T. An add on that WORKS and is not beholden to anyone.
CREAMS anything I have seen yet! It does NOT delay your "surfing" as the add on for AVG does in Windows and as some others do.

Works on both Linux and Windows versions of Firefox.

But this "fear of sites" is based on site content. In Linux, nothing will install, but you still can enter information into a "phishing" site.

Just be SAFE .. never fill out a bunch of information on any site you visit unless you KNOW the site .. Putting personal information into a site so you can view their videos is not only crazy, it is stupid beyond belief!

And never fill out information on a site that does NOT have HTTPS as the beginning of the addy!

[sandysandy]

Firefox now has W.O.T. An add on that WORKS and is not beholden to anyone.
CREAMS anything I have seen yet! It does NOT delay your "surfing" as the add on for AVG does in Windows and as some others do.

trying out wot and finding it pretty good

regards

[billgoldberg]

I might just install mcafee siteadvisor on my laptop.

My mum uses that every now and then, and she just entered her email details into a "love meter" site. [/facepalm]

Needless to say all her friends got some nice emails.

[sandysandy]

i feel rather good with mcafee site advisor on the browser.

regards

[karellen]

I'm using it, it's pretty useful, though I have good browsing habits anyway

[Newuser1111]

I like to use SiteAdvisor to see peoples "reviews" of a site are.
And if it has anything dangerous.