Tips to Protect your PC from Malicious Sites Using McAfee Siteadvisor Plug-In

McafeeMcAfee SiteAdvisor, a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, tests, analyzes and rates websites in detail for unsafe or annoying practices such as dangerous downloads, spamming, misuse of personal information and browser hijacking. This helps you sidestep possible identity theft or fraud traps. When searching with Google, Yahoo! or MSN, SiteAdvisor’s easy-to-understand safety ratings too

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1) Browser tool bar

As you browse Site, a small button on your browser toolbar changes color based on SiteAdvisor’s safety results.
Red (Danger) Mc Red

McAfee tests revealed some serious issues that you’ll want to carefully consider before using this site at all. (Example: The site sent lots of spam e-mail or bundled adware with a download).

Yellow (Caution) MC Yellow

McAfee tests revealed some issues you should know about. (Example: a site tried to change browser defaults, or sent a lot of non-spam e-mail)

Green (Safe) mc green

McAfee Tested the site and didn’t find any significant problems. (Secure sites.)

Gray (Not submitted site) Mc Gary

The site has not been tested, or is in the process of being tested also you have option to submit the site to test also.

You have a menu options on SiteAdvisor’s toolbar which let you customize SiteAdvisor or see a site’s detailed test results too.

2) Search Page

When you search with Google, Yahoo! or MSN, SiteAdvisor’s safety ratings appear next to search results. Ratings—Red indicates dagger that means this site reported virus downloads and also linked to malicious sites which already rated Red in Macfee database.

Search-res

You can also get more information about the site by keeping the mouse pointer on the alert symbol; it will show a popup in search window it self, which gives summary of the sites status.

Search Pop

3) Detailed Test Results

Also a detailed test results for every site are available by clicking on the more info link; in that you can see the external sites which are linked to this site as shown bellow.
Linked

So it will be very hand if you installed McAfee SiteAdviso in your PC while surfing the giant www network.

Download it here….