Interesting BHO for IE or Extension for Firefox. Especially informative when using search engines.

An Internet security startup with roots at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has slapped a red "X" warning label on approximately 5 percent of all Web traffic and warned that there are one billion monthly visits to Web pages that aren't safe for surfing.

With an ambitious mission to use automated crawlers to test every Web site on the Internet, SiteAdvisor officially rolled out a free trial version of a browser plug-in that places a "safe," "caution" or "warning" label whenever a user visits a Web site.

The idea is to use the color-coded (red, yellow or green) system to mark every Web site and to help Web surfers determine if a site's content includes spyware, spam, viruses, browser-based exploits or online scams.

http://www.siteadvisor.com/preview/

http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html

Mar 24 2006

v1.2.1.27 (Build 2609)

Use SiteAdvisor internal update feature:
Click little black arrow in SA button
Select 'Get latest version'
Follow prompts

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Apparently this new build is only for I.E. at this time.

The update feature for Firefox is a bit different: Go to Tools > Extensions

Click on SiteAdvisor and then hit the button Find Updates. (no updates were found)



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April 7 2006

IE v1.2.0.35 (Build 2689)

Use SiteAdvisor IE internal update feature:
Click little black arrow in SA button
Select 'Get latest version'
Follow prompts