Site advisor for IE & Firefox (spyware warning)

[niki]

G’day mates

I got this on a monthly e-mail and instead of “inventing”, I just copied and past all the letter.

“Since we're talking about surfing how about some safe surfing. Everybody is scared to death today about opening up an unknown web site only to find that when you opened it there was some suspicious spyware placed into your computer. Here's how it can happen. You go to a search site, type in your search words and hit enter. Up pops millions of links to web sites that might be of interest. You click on the link and you are whisked away to the site. Until that web site loads you really never know what you might find. Now there is a slick piece of software that should make things a lot easier and less risky.

Siteadvisor is a little download that works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. When you install the program you'll notice a little icon beside each search result in your web browser. It will be a green arrow if the site is not know to spam, does not use excessive pop-ups or spyware. A yellow exclamation mark will caution you and a red X will warn you. That in its self is cool but there's more, a lot more. If you mouse over the indicator you'll get a brief description about the site and if there are any known problems. If you click on the icon it will take you to the Siteadvisor site and give you more detailed information.

There is even more to it but you'll have to check out their web site for more details. We just know that we like this little utility and think you'll find it useful too. Just go to www.siteadvisor.com and follow their directions.”

Regards
niki

[Auld Bassoon]

Thanks Niki,

Regrettably SA doesn't like IE 7 (Beta 1), and causes a bit of a SNAFU.

I'll be getting IE 7 Beta 2 shortly, so will try again.

[Shedhand]

Thanks Niki,

Regrettably SA doesn't like IE 7 (Beta 1), and causes a bit of a SNAFU.

I'll be getting IE 7 Beta 2 shortly, so will try again.

I dumped IE 12 monts ago for FIREFOX. Will never go back.

[Auld Bassoon]

Update:

I've just loaded IE 7, Beta 2, and SA is now fine.

BTW Sheddie, I'd also abandon IE, but the way the security firewall is set up at work, I have major issues with proxies with anything other than IE.

[savage]

G'Day Niki,
I have just downloaded the Siteadvisor, and had a mess around with it and I like it, thanks good call. A greenie to you!