given this site a red? I don't know how long it has been red, because I don't have siteadvisor installed on ie and I have been using that browser a lot lately. Sorry if I put this in the wrong forum. I was just curious to knew that if anyone knew when Mcafee gave the site a red.
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Did you anyone notice that Mcafee has now
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Posted 3 months ago #
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Yes, I have McAfee! Yes, this has been posted before!
Yes, it has NOW chosen to give this site a red flag!
Ignore it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They go way tooooo Far with that!!!!!!!!!
Suki
Posted 3 months ago # -
The files and links were fixed when the problem was first mentioned. (The files were on a different site - and the links were submitted into the freeware library).
So the links have been removed - in theory (according to McAfee's rules) GOTD is now "safer". Maybe one day soon McAfee will update their own records - but they have a history of updating at glacial speed.
A much better option is http://www.mywot.com which has wider coverage than McAfee - better alerting/reporting options - and it won't nag you to upgrade to a "pay-version" (because there isn't one).
You can run WOT alongside SiteAdvisor in case you are having any final last minute pangs of loyalty towards McAfee.
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BuBBy.. I just installed WOT .. thanks for the link! First I couldn't see anything on a rating, then saw a big blue O on top of my page. Thought it would show up beside my red McAfee SiteAdvisor bar!
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hahaha - when I said "you can run WOT alongside SiteAdvisor", I didn't actually mean the icons would literally be next to each other.
OK rephrase - "you can run WOT at the same time as SiteAdvisor".
How's that? :P
Click on the big 'O' and down the bottom should be a "Guide" you can look at, which explains what everything means - "Ratings, Warnings, Searching, Pop-ups, Advanced" - give you more options so you can make WOT work the way you want it to.
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Bubby....would you happen to know offhand if WOT works with Maxthon's browser?
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Buckleysmom, WOT works on Firefox and IE but not on Maxthon.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Thanks for the explanation BuBBY. Someone posted a warning about the giveaway project over on a site that I admin for Crysis and Battlefield 2. I did try to explain that it had been sorted, but not having any proof wouldn't have helped. I've now posted a link to this post, which i hoipe will allay any fears that those who vivit the site have.
I hope all is well with you guys. It's been a very busy few weeks for me (apart from being ill as well) so I've not been around much. Hopefully I'll be back soon.
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Hopefully people who read this also look at the fine print going into the details of exactly what is so bad about this site....
(http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/giveawayoftheday.com
Taking one of the four "bad links" as an example
(http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/giveawayoftheday.com/downloads/10025243/You get a nice little report - in a nutshell...
#--- SiteAdvisor Report for Giveawayoftheday.com -----------------#
How does it modify my system?We did not test what changes downloadpspgames.exe made to our system.
We did not test what changes downloadpspgames.exe made to the system registry.
We did not test what changes downloadpspgames.exe made to the hard drive.# The title could not be determined.
# URL of the download publisher: (http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/freeware/dir/49375/Download-Download-PSP-Games.htm
Note: The link doesn't actually exist# SiteAdvisor last tested this download: January 2008
# SiteAdvisor last verified this link: November 2007#---------------------------------------------------------------#
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