Internet Safety link Advisors ?

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I am going to use Internet Safety link Advisors like Wot Mcafee avg can I have more then one on my computer running at the seem time?
 

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Yes, there is no reason why you cannot use multiple advisors, although it might be a bit of overkill.

Something new you may want to check when unsure about a website is Scan Websites for Viruses - URLVoid.com BETA

More at About URLVoid:
Urlvoid.com is a service developed by NoVirusThanks Company and started on 21 May 2010 that allows users to scan a website address with multiple scanning engines such as Google Diagnostic, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Norton SafeWeb, MyWOT to facilitate the detection of possible dangerous websites. You should take in mind that even if a site is listed as clean by all scanning engines, it is NOT guaranteed the harmlessness of the website analyzed.
 

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LinkExtend is available for Firefox and Flock only and it displays the results from 7 services: Web of Trust, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Web Security Guard, Browser Defender, Norton Safe Web, Compete, Google Safe Browsing.
 

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link advisor ?

Corrine is their a link to the best link advisor most popular to use
 

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Hi, brightsun.

I expect that opinions will vary here, just as they do for the best antivirus (i.e., I'm not an AVG fan), anti-malware or firewall software. That said, my preference is WOT. It isn't perfect but if I think a site marked as "yellow" may have been influenced by user input, I go to WOT and check the site. Safe Browsing Tool | WOT Web of Trust

Since I use Firefox, I am going to read up on Link Extend. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10777/

Edit: After looking at Link Extend and the reviews, I'm going to stick with WOT. I am not a fan of toolbars. http://www.linkextend.com/
 
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link advisor ?

I use mcafee which works good with macafee Internet Safety link Advisors would you receommend ?
 

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Sorry, brightsun. I haven't used McAfee for personal use in many years. That said, the important thing is if YOU are happy with the results and your computer is not getting infected.
 

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I use mcafee which works good with macafee Internet Safety link Advisors would you receommend ?

Got that McAfee Site Advisor...works fine! Plus, if you have the McAfee Internet Security Suite, it will gives you updates aswell.
 
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link advisor ?

I tryed running two link advisor together it did not work can you tell me the install for two to work together ?
 

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Did McAfee block the addition of the WOT add-on? I wouldn't think it would. I know a member of the security community who had both running together for a long time for testing/comparison purposes.
 

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Thanks, malexous. I'll take another look at it then.
 

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I think it might be worth mentioning that currently it does not block sites it deems unsafe, like WOT and others do. It's a planned feature.
 

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link advisor ?

I am going to use two link advisors Wot as one which other Internet Safety link Advisors would you receommend ?
 

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In the past, I have used WOT and McAfee SiteAdvisor together.
 

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link advisor ?

Do thoese two link advisors Wot and Mcafee run together better then any others ?
 

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As long as you don't use two that scan webpages real-time (e.g. AVG LinkScanner) there should be no conflict.

Most don't scan real-time and of those WOT and McAfee SiteAdvisor are the most popular.
 

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link advisor ?

I have another Avg question can I ask it here ?
 

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