Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 15 May 2006 7:35 am |
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I am currently testing a Firefox/IE extension called Site Advisor. It is a Beta product from McAfee, and is freeware. It places an icon on the statusbar of the browser. That icon changes colors as you browse websites. Normally it is green, meaning that as far as they know this website is safe to view. Some sites cause it to turn yellow, indicating unsafe associations, while dangerous websites make it turn RED. Those sites are the ones that force downloads by exploiting browser vulnerabilities, or spam you if you sign up for their newsletter/mailing list.
I will try it out in both Firefox and Internet Explorer and report my findings. If you want to try it yourself go to www.siteadvisor.com/
My website, www.wizcrafts.net is listed there as Safe (type in my URL in the input field to check up on a website). People who register as reviewers are allowed to review websites and post comments about them. This would be a good way to warn fellow SGF members about the few lyric sites that have forced spyware downloads or multiple ad popups.
I will also post this information on my security Blog, for the World to see (good or bad).
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
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