Are there any better programs than Macafee SiteAdvisor?

Question

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Answer 1

Site Hound.



I have used both SiteAdvisor and Sitehound and have reported sites that attempt a "drive-by" download of some sort of malware to both of them. While SiteAdvisor can take weeks to add the malicious site, SiteHound usually has it added on the very next daily update.

http://firetrust.com/products/sitehound/?q=products/sitehound

They do have a free version.





Also, If you are using Internet Explorer, you can use IE-SPYAD as a preventative measure to restrict the 'Bad" actions of bout 30,000 sites.



"IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC."

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm



Enjoy!

Answer 2

There are plenty of alternatives - these antiphishing tools depend on databases so it's hard to determine if one is better than another since at some point value judgments need to be made about the potential danger a site poses.

Alternatives:

https://www.finjan.com/Form.aspx?id=39

http://callingid.com/DesktopSolutions/CallingIDToolbar.aspx

http://www.phishguard.com/

http://www.explabs.com/products/lslite.asp

http://www.trusttoolbar.com/

http://www.earthlink.net/software/free/toolbar/

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/

http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/index.html

Answer 3

despite in case you are able to't uninstall it completely, (by ability of utilising upload/get rid of classes on top of issues panel in XP OR classes and good factors in Vista) you are able to avert it to run whilst ur computing gadget activates! only open the RUN command from the initiating menu. then type MSCONFIG after than pass to the STARTUP tab and uncheck any application you do not wanna run whilst living house windows starts off!

Answer 4

Anything has to better than Mcafee.



All of these are free for home use and will work with XP and Vista.



AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.



Easy to use, low system resources

Automatic update functionality

Real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0



Avast-

avast! 4 Home Edition works for 60 days after the installation in demo mode. You will obtain your FREE license key by E-mail after the registration. The license key is valid for 1 year. After one year you will need to just re-register.

http://avast.com/eng/home-registration.p...



Avira-(recomended)

free-av.com – Protection and security against viruses, worms, Trojans, dialers & more.

http://www.free-av.com/



PC tools-(recomended)

PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition feature highlights

Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing

Detects, quarantines, disinfects and destroys Viruses, Trojans and Worms

OnGuard™ protects your computer against threats in real-time.

http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/





Free spyware remover.

SUPERAntiSpyware(recomended)

SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!

Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!

http://www.superantispyware.com



Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware.

http://www.spybot.info/







Adaware

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a...



ewido.

Go to the left of the page where it says,"Scan your computer now online

and clean it for free!"

http://www.ewido.net/en/



AVG anti-spyware-

AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition is a popular free antispyware solution available at no cost to home users and provides a high level of detection capability.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/us/frt/0



Trend Micro's FREE online virus scanner.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/



*Never install more than one anti virus, as they may conflict with each other.On the other hand, is always good to use more than one anti spyware.

*You will probably recieve several answers to your question. Whoever helped you the most,please come back and give that person Best Answer.

Answer 5

I wouldn't use programs like this. They slow down the rate you display web pages, and often their alerts are over sensetive. Internet explorer has a phishing filter, and any reasonable Anti-virus program will let you scan a file before openening it.