Free "SiteAdvisor"
Hello Fred, Thanks for your great newsletter. The info you provide has more than paid for the minimal cost of a Plus! subscription.
Just wanted to pass on a new tool to keep web surfers safe (or least safer). It's Site Advisor ( http://wwwlsiteadvisor.com ) It was developed by a group of MIT engineers in an effort to provide a safer surfing environment. The program is small and, once installed, it displays an icon for each site indicating safe, caution or extra caution. Search engine results have an icon for each site. They even provide details showing results from their tests. The details for a greencheck mark (safe site) states "we've tested and found this site to be safe" but a red "X" lists links to red site, popups, and downloads found. It sure helps when deciding which sites to visit or avoid. They even offer a short test to see if you can tell a safe site from one full of spyware. Thanks again, Leslie
Boy, the world of online security moves fast! Leslie sent in that note less than two weeks ago, and in the time between that and when I started prepping it for publication, SiteAdvisor changed: It was bought out by McAfee!
It's still there, and it's still free, although McAfee now refers to the base download as a "trial version." Still, it's an interesting idea, and if McAfee doesn't bog it down with needless extra features, or get rapacious about the basic features, it could be a good thing...
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