SiteAdvisor browser plugin lets you know if a site is safe

Post by **117** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:36 am

Found this free handy browser plugin that shows whether a website is safe to browse on your pc via a colour-coded icon on the toolbar, it also rates everything found in a google/yahoo search. It's available for IE & FF and it's in development for other browsers too

Guru4u.co.uk is rated as green=safe :stu

Post by **fac51** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:36 am

nice find

Post by **Chris** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:23 am

Saw that the other day but since a reformat I haven't bothered reinstalling it - its a great one for un-net-savvy people, but at the end of the day, common sense beats any computer program... Nice idea though, and well executed...

Post by **117** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:34 am

i agree chris, unfortunately tho 98% of computer users seem to lack the mystical art of 'common sense', so there's a big market for siteadvisor!

Post by **Chris** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:29 pm

Earl:117 wrote:i agree chris, unfortunately tho 98% of computer users seem to lack the mystical art of 'common sense', so there's a big market for siteadvisor!

Indeed, last week I had had someone uninstalling outlook because "it didn't work" and then complaing that they couldn't get email!

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:59 pm

LOL

Gonna try it out

Post by **117** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:31 pm

Chris wrote:
Earl:117 wrote:i agree chris, unfortunately tho 98% of computer users seem to lack the mystical art of 'common sense', so there's a big market for siteadvisor!

Indeed, last week I had had someone uninstalling outlook because "it didn't work" and then complaing that they couldn't get email!