Identify potentially dangerous websites

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Identify potentially dangerous websites

June 5, 2008 in Software | Permalink

Untitled5 Although Firefox is one of the most secure browsers available, there may still be some malicious sites it fails to identify. It is common knowledge that not all sites can be trusted, and visiting some may cause you to receive numerous unwanted emails and some may even send spam or ship adware with downloads. The trouble is identifying these harmful sites or pages before it's too late.

McAfee SiteAdvisor for Firefox is a useful add-on that enables you to identify potentially dangerous pages or sites by using a traffic light style warning system. Green signifies trusted sites, yellow for sites that may send unwanted mail and red for sites they may infect your PC with spam or adware. There is also an Internet Explorer version available.