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SiteAdvisor is an Internet service that warns users when downloading software or filling out forms on a web site that may make them victims of malware or spam. The service was originally provided by SiteAdvisor, Inc, an MIT startup first presented at CodeCon on February 10, 2006 and acquired by McAfee on April 5, 2006.
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McAfee SiteAdvisor Blog
A blog published by the McAfee SiteAdvisor team pertaining discovered spyware companies and tactics. ... http://www.siteadvisor.com/userfeedback.html ...blog.siteadvisor.com/McAfee SiteAdvisor Blog: 10 eCard Sites To Stay Away From This Mother's Day
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SiteAdvisor blog feed description - What we're doing, where we're going and what we've found when it comes to Web safety. ... Security - SiteAdvisor blog ...www.jordomedia.com/RSS/l_op=viewrss/lid=18731.htmlMcAfee SiteAdvisor's slander
As yahoo uses McAfee SiteAdvisor software, my site shows up as all red flagged in ... Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Followers. Blog Archive. 2008 (1) November (1) ...muquit.blogspot.com/McAfee Site Advisor in damage control after the release of the 3sharp ...
As noted in this blog post, McAfee's SiteAdvisor scored an extremely low 3 out ... and until they visit the SiteAdvisor Support Site and/or the SiteAdvisor blog. ...msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/09/30/147191.aspxSiteAdvisor is an Internet service that warns users when downloading software or filling out forms on a web site that may make them victims of malware or spam. The service was originally provided by SiteAdvisor, Inc, an MIT startup first presented at CodeCon on February 10, 2006 and acquired by McAfee on April 5, 2006.
SiteAdvisor Plus
A paid version of McAfee SiteAdvisor, McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus, has extra features. The functionality of SiteAdvisor can be accessed either through a Browser Plugin or by submitting a URL to the website.
Extra features of McAfee SiteAdvisor
- Rates email and IM links
- Indicates sites potentially harmful to your computer
- Alerts users to possibles phishing and identity theft scams
- Redirects you away from red and yellow sites (if protected mode is enabled).
False positives
SiteAdvisor has received criticism for incorrectly flagging web sites with a caution or warning label.
Communication and Accountability
In the event of a positive result website owners are not contacted. Although a dispute resolution service does exist, the final decision rests with McAfee. In the event that a perceived threat is removed from a site the site's rating will return to Green through a process called 'ageingout'. Depending on the nature of the threat this process can take from 10 days to a year after the site is re-crawled, no strict timetable is provided.
Also, the SiteAdvisor website is slow to load, which leads to people turning away from the site.
Awards
- Time magazine named SiteAdvisor.com among the 50 coolest websites of 2005.
- Popular Science awarded SiteAdvisor the "Best of What's New" award in the Computing category for 2006.
- PC World ranked SiteAdvisor at #15 in "The 100 Best Products of 2007."
External links
- Official SiteAdvisor Website
- Examples of SiteAdvisor reports:
- SiteAdvisor's report on Wikipedia (positive report)
- SiteAdvisor's report on My Web Search (cautionary report)
- SiteAdvisor's report on KaZaA (negative report)
- SiteAdvisor's report on VToolbox (positive report with verified website owner and review comments added)
