McAfee SiteAdvisor: browser plugin that gives safety advice

McAfee SiteAdvisor is a free browser plug-in that gives safety advice about the websites’ integrity before you click on a risky zone.

How it works?

With McAfee’s free plug-in for both Internet Explorer and Firefox, called SITEADVISOR, site rating icons are shown to your search results to forewarn you of the possible risk when you visit the site. SiteAdvisor also provides browser button and optional search box help you find safer alternatives.

The site ratings are based on test conducted by McAfee using an army of computers that look all kinds of threats.

The SiteAdvisor technology is free, easy to install easy to use and it doesn’t collect any personally identifiable information.

We test websites for spyware, spam and scams so you can search, surf and shop more safely.

How site ratings are determined?

McAfee visits websites each day to test the site’s health and integrity. For thousand times a day, McAfee conducts comprehensive tests for security threats, from annoying pop-ups, backdoor Trojans that may steal your identity, password, and even destroy important files in your computer. McAfee detects the danger before the user stumbles upon these malicious sites.

Rating Icons

	McAfee SECURE: Tested daily for hacker vulnerabilities.

	SAFE: Very low or no risk issues.

	CAUTION: Minor risk issues.

	WARNING: Serious risk issues.

	UNKNOWN: Not yet rated. Use caution.


Secure Search Icons

	SECURE SEARCH BOX: Worry free searching.

	BROWSER BUTTON: Validates site rating.

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Downloadable files like screensavers, toolbars and file sharing programs can be-or may be bundled with — adware, spyware, viruses and other malicious computer code. Sometimes, the malware is added without your knowledge. Sometimes, you click “yes” or “I agree” without reading the fine print. The end result is often the same – a PC that slows to a crawl, a hidden password sniffer that is used to steal your identity, or valuable personal files destroyed or scrambled.
We download and install each file we find – we even open zip files. We then scan our test computer to see what changes have been made. If a program is determined to be a virus, Trojan, or certain other types of malware, that program will earn a red rating.

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[...] For the past three years, an antivirus company McAfee compiled search key words that contained names of popular celebrities, professional athletes, politicians, and other famous personalities and calculated the probability of search results flagged as dangerous by McAfee’s SiteAdvisor software. [...]

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