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Check and make sure the websites you visit are safe
| Posted by The Dude, 03-25-2009, 09:16 PM | | https://safeweb.norton.com
Type in a website and it shows if the site has been tested by norton and whether it is safe or not.
Shows if the site has drive-by downloads,etc...
Includes reviews of the safety of sites by users and other handy info on the latest viruses,threats and potentially dangerous websites.
All the ones i have tested so far come back safe
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| Posted by aww, 03-25-2009, 09:20 PM | | If you use Firefox 3, Google's safebrowsing list is downloaded and checked automagically anyway and you'll get a warning message that prevents you from entering bad sites.
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| Posted by yah0m, 03-25-2009, 09:37 PM | | Or just install NoScript and don't be stupid.
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| Posted by Eric - Zoidial, 03-25-2009, 10:11 PM | | Haven't had experience with Norton safeweb, but have used a few tools that are fairly similar:
Netcraft toolbar http://toolbar.netcraft.com/ is pretty good for phishing scams and other such alerts. And is also a bit informative about the site itself.
I've used WOT before http://www.mywot.com/ , but they seem to be based entirely on user reviews - this is a good and bad thing. Lots of sites are listed, but a lot of them are impacted on what people are thinking at the time they visit.
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| Posted by Arshad Vayani, 03-26-2009, 11:37 AM | | Mcafee site adviser is also a good service. Google Chrome also has a built in function for checking dangerous websites and its integrated with Google so i think its more reliable than any other service in this regard.
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| Posted by LoganNZ, 03-26-2009, 04:31 PM | | From a security specialists perspective, norton scanners are useless.
Any botnet operator can code a new bot and it will defeat norton for up to 6 months.
Nod32 - 1 month.
Are you sure of your AV provider?
I certainly am
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