McAfee SiteAdvisor - FREE PLUG-IN

McAfee SiteAdvisor - FREE PLUG-IN
HOW SITEADVISOR WORKS

SiteAdvisor is a downloadable tool that works with Internet Explorer to help you:













How does SiteAdvisor test sites?



BENEFITS:
  • An extra measure of protection
    Guard your employees and your organization against web-based malware like adware, spyware, viruses, and phishing scams; make it safer to search and browse the web
  • It’s enterprise-ready
    SiteAdvisor Enterprise is easy to deploy across your entire organization with McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator®, which also tells you which desktops have SiteAdvisor Enterprise installed
  • Worry-free searching
    Don’t wander into dangerous territory unwittingly; when you search with Google™, Yahoo! ®, MSN®, AOL®, or Ask.com™, you get a safety rating next to each search result
  • Browse safely
    Our color-coded rating system lets you know which sites are safe and which ones are risky; rely on SiteAdvisor Enterprise to let you know whether the site you’re browsing is threat-free

  • Be forewarned Advance warnings inform you about malicious web sites, so that you avoid unnecessary risk


FEATURES:
  • Color-coded ratings Simple green, yellow, and red signals alert you to possible threats on the pages you visit; our automated testers continually patrol the web and change the color based on results.
  • Extensive site testing SiteAdvisor Enterprise tests sites for excessive popups, fraudulent practices, exploits like adware and spyware, and hidden links to other malicious web sites
  • Learn all the details One click gives you a complete threat profile for every site, including information about how many emails you receive per month when you register, user reviews, and annoyances
  • Supports multiple browsers Use it as a plug-in for Microsoft® Internet Explorer or Mozilla® Firefox® browsers


DESCRIPTION:

Surfing the internet these days can be like traversing a land mine. Threats like adware, spyware, and phishing lurk behind seemingly innocent web sites. But the web is a valuable business resource, so you don’t want to cut yourself off from it. How do you protect your employees from online exploits without limiting access to the information-rich internet?

With McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise, you don’t have to impose restrictive policies that keep your employees from using the web for research and business projects. With SiteAdvisor Enterprise, you have freedom to surf online with protection from web-based threats.

SiteAdvisor Enterprise gives you an extra layer of protection at the desktop. It’s ready to deploy across your organization with McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator®, which lets you know which desktops have SiteAdvisor Enterprise installed.

SiteAdvisor Enterprise has an intuitive color-coded rating system—green, yellow, red—or gray for unrated. When you get results from your favorite search engine or type in a URL, SiteAdvisor Enterprise lets you know if it’s legitimate. You decide if you want to venture further.

Always on alert, SiteAdvisor Enterprise stays up to date on the latest threats. It continually crawls the internet with intelligent “bots”, or virtual computers, that download sites and scans them for malware. The bots even fill out registration forms to determine whether sign-up triggers spam. If the site contains malicious code or other suspicious activity, SiteAdvisor Enterprise marks the site “red”, which means it’s risky.

If you want more specific information about the site, just click on the SiteAdvisor Enterprise button in your browser or on the popup that comes up when you mouse over a search result. You’ll learn about email tests, download tests, links and affiliations, and annoyances like adware. SiteAdvisor Enterprise works with both Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Mozilla® Firefox®.

When it comes to business surfing, McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise is an indispensable ally: it keeps you safe without limiting your access to the internet.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

SiteAdvisor Enterprise for Microsoft® Internet Explorer
  • Operating system:
    Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP(Microsoft Windows XP recommended)
  • Web browser:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0 (6.0 recommended)
  • Minimum hardware: 400 Mhz processor, 128 MB RAM, 10 MB free disk space, and an internet connection


SiteAdvisor Enterprise for Internet Explorer is a small plug-in of only 535K

SiteAdvisor Enterprise for Mozilla® Firefox®
  • Operating system:
    Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux and Mac OS X
  • Web browser:
    Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5 (1.5 recommended)
  • Minimum hardware:
    400 Mhz processor, 128 MB RAM, 5 MB free disk space, and an internet connection SiteAdvisor Enterprise for Firefox is a small extension of only 40K