Upgrading your SiteAdvisor software with Secure Search
Posted by Shane Keats on December 11, 2008 01:43 PM
We’ve got some big enhancements to the McAfee® SiteAdvisor® software to share with you today.
Secure Search
McAfee SiteAdvisor technology with Secure Search allows users to block and filter malicious Web sites from search results, provides a Secure Search Box for simplified security and integrates McAfee SECURETM trustmarks throughout the consumer Web experience. Together, these Secure Search features extend McAfee’s commitment to making it easier than ever for consumers to enjoy comprehensive Web Security. The upgrade is free and is available immediately for new and existing users.
Secure Search Box
Secure Search is centered on the new Secure Search Box. Now, wherever you are on the Web, you can search more securely without first having to navigate to a search engine page.
The search box can be toggled on and off via the settings menu.
Risky Site Filtering
The Secure Search Box also offers you the ability to filter and block red-rated risky sites from your search results.
That greyed out link means it’s not clickable unless you change your settings.
This feature goes beyond the safety guidance offered by the standard settings and delivers active protection. It’s great for families with children, or for computers that are shared with less experienced, novice Web users.
Yahoo! Toolbar
Many of you will also see an option to download and install the popular Yahoo! Toolbar, integrated with our Secure Search features! When you download the toolbar and do your searches through the Yahoo! search box, you get a three benefits: great Yahoo! search results that get you straight to your answers by predicting what you’re searching for and offering instant suggestions as you type, our safety annotations, and risky site filtering. In addition, after you set it up with your favorite bookmarks, the Yahoo! Toolbar gives you one-click access to the sites you care about most, both on and off Yahoo!
The integrated Yahoo toolbar is only available to our IE users at this time.
Safer Shopping with verified McAfee SECURE sites
We’d also like to call your attention to something you may not have noticed. This summer, we began displaying the McAfee SECURE™ trustmark on sites that have passed rigorous daily testing by the McAfee SECURE service.
What does this mean for you? Your personal information is safer with participating McAfee SECURE vendors! That’s because daily scanning for known threats can help prevent Web sites from falling prey to many forms of hacker crime. Only sites that pass the McAfee SECURE program of daily testing and maintain their overall Green rating from SiteAdvisor technology testing can display the trustmark.
McAfee SECURE shopping Portal
When you get a chance, be sure to check out McAfee SECURE shopping, a convenient one-stop-shop with more than 1,500 well known e-commerce sites, all of which earn the right to display the McAfee SECURE trustmark. This is a safer online experience whether you’re surfing, searching or shopping.
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