Tuesday, October 9, 2007

SiteAdvisor

One of the tools that I am a big fan of is a link validator. I use McAfee's SiteAdvisor. One of the main reasons to use on is to validate links such as in a Google search through a trusted source in this case McAfee, that the linked sight can be trusted. Trusted sites have a green check and so forth. Other uses include: "... (warning) you before you interact with a dangerous Web site. Traditional security products focus on trying to clean up problems after they occur. McAfee SiteAdvisor also complements and enhances your existing security software by detecting threats which traditional security products often miss, including spyware attacks, online scams, and sites that spam you."

While i am not recommending our endorsing McAfee products in general (as this is the only McAfee product I use) I am recommending that users use some way of validating the security of web content before viewing it and SiteAdvisor works for me.

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