That sounds like McAfee's "Site Advisor". It's a plug-in for IE and FF (and I presume other browsers) that rates a page. McAfee has a free version and of course, a paid-for version.
McAfee free version isn't tied to a search engine. I tried it, did a search of "warez" and "hack" sites. Some were listed as unsafe (others were listed as safe). Clicking on a "more info" link for a page listed as "unsafe" yields this (well, after you click past an advertisement to buy the for sale version): "Feedback from credible users suggests that downloads on this site may contain what some people would consider adware, spyware, or other potentially unwanted programs." We're talking about including that for our users here. I don't really know if getting a red "x" next to a link might not be enough to convince someone not to go to a specific web page. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard P. Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:33 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] AVG New info about AVG 8.0: It does come with a neat feature which rates webpages generated by search engines as to their safety rating (doesn't work with their installed Yahoo toolbar though). Not sure how they come up with this or how accurate it is, but it does present a certain comfort level when guessing at whether one should click or not. Richard P. > Have them upgrade to AVG Free 8.0. AVG puts this warning up every time > they do a major upgrade. The links they provide tend to steer you > toward the pay product but you can find the free version if you dig > around a bit. I upgraded this afternoon. The only problem I had was > installing their optional AVG Security Toolbar which includes its > mandatory Yahoo toolbar. While I don't mind using Yahoo as a search > engine, with this new version, I have yet to find a way to delete its > search history. I ended up modifying the installation to lose the > toolbars and just keep AVG. For them, just un-check it during the > setup. Here's a direct link: > > http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe > > > >> My In-laws are getting a popup message from AVG that 7.5 is going >> obsolete and they should update to 8.0 (which of course is for pay). >> >> Any reason they can't keep using the free version? Should they >> download the latest version of whatever's free? -PJM >> > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
