Hi all
Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns against
potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
this feature previously but have since lost it.
Thanks in advance.
franktee

McAfee Site Advisor
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html (if need be)

franktee wrote:
> Hi all
> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns
> against
> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
> this feature previously but have since lost it.
> Thanks in advance.
> franktee

On 04/30/2009 10:24 PM, franktee sent:
> Hi all
> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns against
> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
> this feature previously but have since lost it.
> Thanks in advance.
> franktee

Hello Frank:

Along with PA Bear's #1 solution for most, I've been trying Web of Trust
for a few months too and I like it:

<http://www.mywob.com/>

HTH

Pete
--
1PW @?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@> [r4o7t]

IE7 and IE8 along with other browsers like firefox have phishing filters. You
can download and enable phishing filters. To read more about phishing filters
please search for this word on microsoft.com. Apart from that you also have
windows defender that works great. It automatically updates with windows
update. My advise would be to install IE8. IE8 now has support for DEP which
reduces the attack serface for melicious code. The IE8 official website
explains the entire effort being made by microsoft to increase security. Hope
this helps.
--
Regards
Gurpreet Singh


"franktee" wrote:

> Hi all
> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns against
> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
> this feature previously but have since lost it.
> Thanks in advance.
> franktee
>

"franktee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:40B54BED-54C9-44BD-A85E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns
> against
> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
> this feature previously but have since lost it.
> Thanks in advance.
> franktee
>

That feature is available as part of AVG Antivirus free version.

Alister

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:24:01 -0700, franktee
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi all
>Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns against
>potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
>this feature previously but have since lost it.
>Thanks in advance.
>franktee
>

http://www.mywot.com/

Thanks for your and others replies.
I was aware of the problems with IE8. It took me two days to revert back to
a normal IE7 usage .
Have a good day.


"BeeCeeBee" wrote:

>
> I would be more than a little cautious about installing IE8 regardless
> of how much added security there may be.
> So far all I have been reading is bad reviews. Go for the Site Adviser
> to meet your immediate need
>
> www.computerhelpforums.net
>
>
> --
> BeeCeeBee
> Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
>
>

[Is there an echo in your forum?]

BeeCeeBee wrote:
> Web of trust is a handy little program but relies heavily on user input
> and is not always that reliable. While I am not a fan of McAfee in
> general the Site Adviser is excellent. There is no problem using both
> but if it were a choice I would go with the Site Adviser and not look
> back.
>
> If you want personal attention why not join www.computerhelpforums.net
> ?

And it's a POS IMHO.

Alister wrote:
> "franktee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:40B54BED-54C9-44BD-A85E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi all
>> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns
>> against
>> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
>> this feature previously but have since lost it.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> franktee
>>
>
> That feature is available as part of AVG Antivirus free version.
>
> Alister

1PW wrote:
> On 04/30/2009 10:24 PM, franktee sent:
>> Hi all
>> Appreciate if someone can advise me how to find freeware that warns
>> against
>> potentially unsafe websites by showing a green icon for safe sites. I had
>> this feature previously but have since lost it.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> franktee
>
> Hello Frank:
>
> Along with PA Bear's #1 solution for most, I've been trying Web of Trust
> for a few months too and I like it:
>
> <XXX.mywob.com/>

Rather, www.mywot.com