[Kenny94]

Here are a list of Website Reputation Rating Programs and/or Security Advisor Sites

Browser Defender (PC Tools)

LinkScanner (AVG)

Norton Safe Web (Symantec)

Scandoo (ScanSafe)

SiteAdvisor (McAfee)

TrendProtect (Trend Micro)

Web of Trust (Against Intuition Inc)

And:

Dr.Web Link scanner

http://www.freedrweb.com/browser/

right click a link and select scan with Dr.Web Link scanner.
Dr.Web scans the site for malware before you visit the site.


Dr.Web AV Link Checker (Firefox Addon):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/938

And:

LinkExtend:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...Extend&cat=all Thanks RootbeaR



Enjoy!

[SIR****TMG]

Thanks

[perfume]

Dear kenny94,
Thank you! I prefer WOT and Dr.Web AV Link Checker as a FF add-on! In FF, there is a very cool Add-on "Interclue" which once installed and when the mouse cursor hovers over a link will provide info' about the site you are about to click on to visit!

[Kenny94]

These are helpful with all the malicious sites out there.....

[RootbeaR]

I use LinkExtend:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...Extend&cat=all

[Kenny94]

Originally Posted by RootbeaR

I use LinkExtend:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...Extend&cat=all

I edited my post RootbeaR.... Forgot this one....

[perfume]

Originally Posted by RootbeaR

I use LinkExtend:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...Extend&cat=all

Dear RootbeaR,
Thanks for the FF add-on! I studied this article today and was impressed. Link :http://www.techsupportalert.com/cont...fety-check.htm

An excerpt from that article :" LinkExtend, in fact, is a new option that combines several advisory sources to try to minimize the chance of any one service missing a risky site."

My Opera browser is acting up and won't allow any smileys an if you can access the link, then fine otherwise, kindly paste the url!

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by perfume

My Opera browser is acting up and won't allow any smileys an if you can access the link, then fine otherwise, kindly paste the url!

I can access my link and yours.
Which link are you referring to?

[perfume]

Dear RootbeaR,
I was ref. to the "techsupportalert.com"link! Any hints as to why the smileys are disabled in Opera alone?

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by perfume

Dear RootbeaR,
I was ref. to the "techsupportalert.com"link! Any hints as to why the smileys are disabled in Opera alone?

Must have something to do with MS. Works here for me.

Opera 10 beta.

Edit: back onto FF now. Still working

Edit 2: Maybe it is part of the page load problem people are having. After hitting reply, try doing a page refresh.

[perfume]

Dear RootbeaR,
I am a FF user thru' and thru'! Occasionally, i try Opera Version 9.6.4 for Windows(latest stable ver.). MS is jealous about FF, Opera and Safari! When i downloaded Safari for Windows, the Kas. detected the program as "Highly Dangerous" and i've un-installed Safari!

When a browser remembers my username for a particular website(TSG), it irks me no end! IE8 did just that (i recently used it),despite juggling with the "internet options".

I will try reloading the page in Opera and let u know! Thanks!

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by perfume

Dear RootbeaR,
I am a FF user thru' and thru'! Occasionally, i try Opera Version 9.6.4 for Windows(latest stable ver.). MS is jealous about FF, Opera and Safari! When i downloaded Safari for Windows, the Kas. detected the program as "Highly Dangerous" and i've un-installed Safari!

When a browser remembers my username for a particular website(TSG), it irks me no end! IE8 did just that (i recently used it),despite juggling with the "internet options".

I will try reloading the page in Opera and let u know! Thanks!

I believe I made a mistake in the page load thread regarding Opera. I am sure it was using the version 9 where it was happening to me. Recently updated to the beta 10 version and I can't remember the last time I had that problem of having to refresh page. Have never had to refresh using FF. 3.1 or 3.5

Good luck!

[perfume]

Dear RootbeaR,
Thanks for the clarification! Opera is an excellent browser and will try the beta download and see how we, the fishfinders fare! (just found out that fishfinders are used to locate fish underwater)!

I have been reading a review about McAfee site Advisor and this is an excerpt. :" One defaced Web site, a Massachusetts-based restaurant Web site, is infected with a malicious Trojan. By viewing the source code of the page, we can see the hacker-added iframe script at the very bottom; in this case the code calls out to a site in Korea known to host malicious code. SiteAdvisor rated the restaurant's site as green, or clean. Another example is a sex site hosted in a foreign country; it hosts (either deliberately or not) a malicious WMF file. With SiteAdvisor (both the paid and free editions) we were able to access both sites, and we were also prompted as to whether we wanted to install the tainted WMF file. Only Linkscanner Pro flagged it, allowing us access to the site after it had stripped out the malicious content." This is from : http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-sec...-31786408.html

Did we not have a recent post about Carl's junior website possibly hacked and the @o.p, in question had his/her Windows Xp wall paper(default) re-arranged with a pic. of a burger and lettuce! Days seem to have come, when we visit a very legit. site, without checking it out with Linkscanner ,WOT,OR Interclue(for Firefox) and McAfee Site Advisor and take a hit! As lotuseclat79 keeps reminding us, complacency today, and a 100 dollar bill (or more) tomorrow for the Geek squad!

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by perfume

I have been reading a review about McAfee site Advisor

I posted an article about it quite some time ago.
It is not to be trusted as it takes too long for them to update.

Originally Posted by perfume

complacency today, and a 100 dollar bill (or more) tomorrow for the Geek squad!

Paranoia will destroya

I don't have time to keep MS safe. Nor do I have the money to buy a supercomputer in which to run all the extra apps needed to keep MS running at a so-so safety status.

I run Linux.
10 minutes to re-install from CD should I win the lottery and get a Linux virus. Data on a separate partition(standard Linux set-up) and backed up.

Everyone has an excuse not to use Linux. I dual boot and go where others fear to tread, because I am the meanest OS in the valley.

[perfume]

Everyone has an excuse not to use Linux. I dual boot and go where others fear to tread, because I am the meanest OS in the valley.[/quote]

Dear RootbeaR,
You are spot on! Every one has an excuse and the world has no time for them!. A year back,i asked for and got an UBUNTU CD from England for free and i erased all MS incl. my data, out of sheer frustration with "keeping MS safe" as you put it very rightly!
I was brought up on MS and UBUNTU was a bit daunting! So, i went Googling around and a website suggested i take a test to check-out my ability to cope with Linux! Since failing's not new to me, i predictably failed. Really, got a bit dis-heartened and landed up with MS again!
I have bought FIVE books on Linux. I am reading up slowly and the one in front of me is "LINUX MADE EASY-BY RICKFORD GRANT AND IT'S THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO XANDROS AND IT CAME WITH AN INSTALLATION CD.
I have another book on MANDRIVA (FREE CD). This time i 'll take the plunge with some fore-knowledge!

Any advise will be thankfully accepted, because i have not offered any excuse when i overwrote MS before for UBUNTU!