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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4note you have to pay for SA plus, there is still a free one available though.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4it wasn't developed by McAfee - they bought it in spring '06
- unusualbob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i understand why they would do this for firefox, but why would anyone use aol?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4it was a startup out of MIT - 11 employees sold for $75 million reportedly http://www.valleywag.com/tech/under-the-table/under-the-table-mcafees-siteadvisor-deal-165356.php
- JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It should recognize the spyware in AIM then right? :)
- britkev1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is great and all but when installed, it says it is incompatibly with Firefox version 2.0.0.1 (latest version). I know you can work around this but of course it should work by default!
- markdr123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is a superb Fx extension. The level of detail it gives you about Google results sites in terms of bad downloads and amount of spam received is really useful.
- philo23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1when i was running windows i install mcafee and i was using firefox 2.0, it installed the site advisor with out any problems.i dont see the fuss.
- MonTemplar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the UK, they're one of the biggest ADSL providers, and they actually do a decent (and cheap!) job of it. My sister was using their service for just over a year. The only caveat is that their tech support is outsourced, so if something goes wrong (as it did for my sister) you could be pulling your hair out. She's now with Virgin.net as their support is a lot better AND based in the UK.
- MonTemplar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@dblondon: Who did they buy SiteAdvisor from?
- omaryak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Firefox and AOL used in the same sentence...
::: shudder ::: - MonTemplar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm running the free version on my PCs at home - it does the flagging up of suspect / dodgy sites, including the results from searching with, say, Google, but that's it. Not sure how the 'Protected Mode' in the Plus version works - sounds like it might overlap with the protection features in Firefox and IE7.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1To be fair, Brit, the lastest Firefox was just pushed out within the last day or two. Granted SA should work, but I'd give it another couple of days.
- krisper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been using SA for a while now, with IE7, and I already can't imagine how I lived without it. I'm constantly scanning the green status button with my peripheral vision as I'm surfing. So far according to SA the worst threat potential always seems to be the Youtube imitators, college humor sites, and torrent/download sites.
- csandoval, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You are right about Norton - I've been using it for a year and it does take plenty of resources. Can you, or anyone else, recommend an alternative (free or commercial) to Norton and McAfee that does not take that amount of resources ?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you hjave completely the wrong idea of how it works - the bad guys are making a lot of money these days thats why they write them, if the AV companies wrote the malware why would they need updates and r+d labs.
- miaow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1isnt the aol browser associated with them now ? free anti-virus too ?
imho aol could make a comeback as an internet brand, with the right freebies - Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You must have some serious issues if you use AOL as your browser.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I feel tech support escalations coming on...
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This wasn't developed by Mcafee they bought out a startup that had done a fantastic job. They provide free and detailed analysis about website content and let you decide if you want to go there. Also its only a plugin so it doesn't hog any CPU power although it probably takes up an extra meg or two of ram (OH MY!!).
- Burmask, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Good - 4% of the world will benefit.
- diggdong, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'd like my cut from selling all my yellow snow.
- ThrillSeeker78, on 07/17/2008, -0/+0All the good tools you have to pay for now. I like the idea of downloading things and paying what you want for it. http://www.marketwithartemis.com
- demonsofgoetia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If I can't see the source code, I won't use it nor will I spend money on it, especially if a product claims to protect me and/or my system somehow.
- FIip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The (free) SiteAdvisor extension has been available for Firefox for a long time now.
- Qooop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Please tell me, who stands to make the most money, whose stock jumps, and who gets lots of publicity every time a "new" virus or exploit is discovered and used to infect the Internet? It sure isn't some 15 year old kid in Kazakhstan. So just whom do we suspect is dumping millions of $$ into research writing these viruses and then blaming the hacker community for releasing them?
- forever200, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I wouldn't touch anything related to macfeee or Norton.... can you say system hog, 50% failure rate in detecting viruses and overpriced.
- Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Sorry for my language but this sounds like a cluster *****. Mcafee can go to hell with there over bloated software and non-functional detectors.
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