New type of antispyware- SiteAdvisor
Speaking of bad Internet neighborhoods, here is a new way to help you avoid them. Internet Week has an article on a new service that surveys sites on the Web and then rates them for activity such as downloading unwanted spyware on you.
SiteAdvisor, which is currently in beta (or, as they call it on the site, the Preview Version), uses Internet bots to “browse sites, download files, and sign-up for things with e-mail addresses.” Users access the results by installing SiteAdvisor’s software as an extension for Firefox or a plug-in for Internet Explorer.
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