McAfee has come out with an excellent tool to protect users from harmful websites: McAfee Site Advisor
McAfee's software robots have visited millions of websites on the Internet and have listed out sites that contain harmful content like viruses, worms, spyware, exploits etc and also sites that are known to be online scam, contain annoying popups etc. The Site Advisor software will make use of this knowledge database and advice you appropriately when you visit those websites. It will warn you about harmful sites even before you click on the harmful link!
How is it different from an Antivirus or firewall? "McAfee SiteAdvisor warns you before you interact with a dangerous Web site. Traditional security products focus on trying to clean up problems after they occur." Remember that McAfee Site Advisor is not a substitute for antivirus software and firewall software - You need them too. Site Advisor complements them in preventing malware and also covers risks that are not usually covered by antivirus and firewall.
You will need to download and install separate plugins for Internet Explorer and for FireFox. The software integrates seamlessly with the browser. It even shows which sites are bad and which are good in your search results!
A MUST HAVE tool for anyone who surfs the Internet. It costs nothing and it will save a lot of trouble for you. Visit SiteAdvisor homepage.
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