McAfee SiteAdvisor

[Nomnomnom]

Any of you guys use McAfee SiteAdvisor? While I'm not sure how effective it is I recently downloaded it anyway. Any thoughts?

 

[PeteAtoms]

I don't think there's any harm in having it, but if it's like Norton's version, there are a few false positives I've noticed (not a lot though).

My Firefox browser has something built into it seems like (or maybe it's google), because sometimes my browser won't load a page and tell me the site is reportedly malware.

I think common sense with a combination of Malwarebytes and maybe AdBlock would be just fine.

There is also a FF add-on I've seen recommended called "Web of Trust"

 

[Nomnomnom]

I'll look into those. Thanks And common sense is of course a must.

 

[NBAfan]

What is a false positive?

 

[PeteAtoms]

What is a false positive?

When a mechanism meant to trigger or activate based on a predetermined condition, triggers when it thinks an input satisfies the condition.

Like a pregnancy test that tests positive, despite the woman not actually being pregnant.
It signals the presence of something that isn't actually there. It's a mistake.

False-positives are also a variable I see a LOT in used to rate/compare anti-virus and anti-malware software.
I guess most people think it's an issue, but most would rather be safe than sorry (better than not detecting actual malware).