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  1. Can't be that great by Jesus_666 · · Score: 0, Troll · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    They green-flagged a major malware site. ;)

  2. Re:Astalavista, baby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    Because it ignores the 'www' bit.
    What you meant to try was http://www.siteadvisor.com/lookup/?q=astalavista.b ox.sk
    Or, going to www.astalavista.box.sk, seeing the red flag, and clicking on view site details...

  3. Re:Ack, worst link ever to click by jtcm · · Score: 3, Funny · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe
    Looks like it's safe. According to siteadvisor:
    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/tubgirl.com
    tubgirl.com [Green]

    Not only that, SiteAdvisor (trial version!) is clearly aware that tubgirl.com links/redirects to domains including "sexmoviesonpod.com" and "naughtynati.com" (as seen in the helpful graphic).

    So...I'm sold. Where do I sign up?

  4. Useful tool for me, too by flooey · · Score: 2, Interesting · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    I took a look at SiteAdvisor and I actually think it'll be useful for me, as an experienced user, as well, surprisingly. I don't think I'll have much use for the red X junk, I know not to install random crap on my computer, but their analysis of downloads could be quite useful. You can pull up the list of all the modifications a program makes to your system, even for green files. If you ever wanted to know exactly what registry keys Google Desktop adds, for instance, you can just look it up.

  5. Fun with their analysis graphs by MonkeyBoyo · · Score: 2, Insightful · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    If you look at their site analysis, you can cruise porn sites without visiting them. E.g.
    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/dirtyplumpers.com /summary/
    Scroll to where it shows the graph of connected sites. Those sites are clickable to get their analysis, so you can iterate this process.

    First I'm amazed at how many of these sites are listed as having "many users".

    Second, the only reason I've seen so far for branding a site red is that if you give them your email address they will send you spam.

  6. Re:Ack, worst link ever to click by dtfinch · · Score: 5, Funny · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    Looks like it's safe. According to siteadvisor:
    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/tubgirl.com

    tubgirl.com
    [Green]

    We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.

  7. Astalavista, baby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on 5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe

    http://www.siteadvisor.com/lookup/?q=www.astalavis ta.box.sk
    Results 0 - 0 of 0 total results for www.astalavista.box.sk.

  8. Re:They DON'T have a point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on UK Government Confiscates Firefox CDs

    Apparently you miss the point (haha, the pun is ridiculous).

    It's one thing to sell Firefox CD-s for 2-3 bucks while it's clearly marked on the CD that the money are for manifacturing the phisical medium and labeling and not the software...

    And completely different thing to let a bunch of scammers sell free software offline, online and in all ways possible, for a lot more, and in the process confusing people they are purchasing the software.

    Go educate yourself here:

    http://blog.siteadvisor.com/2006/02/how_would_you_ like_to_pay_3795.html

    BTW don't be ridiculous: "Have you ever considered how long it takes to download a 5Mb file (Firefox) or a 6Mb file (Thunderbird) on a nominally 56Kbit modem link"... Firefox downloads for less than
      15 minutes on a dial-up. Do the math, do the tests, don't whine.

  9. Lets see the list of sites by kooky45 · · Score: 1 · on Firefox Users Surf Safer

    If they kept the experiment going then the rest of the world could get an idea of how safe the sites are they're visting depending on which browser they're using. A bit like the service from Siteadvisor which I can't wait to see working.

  10. Re:The Rise of Firefox by gunpowda · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Study Notes Decline in Internet Spyware
    I don't think it's Firefox in particular - the study was carried out over '20 million Internet sites' and any executable files present. Sure, your typical exploit won't have an effect on computers running Firefox, but what's being tracked here is the presence of software rather than its consequences and effects.

    I think SiteAdvisor is also a valuable tool in this context.

  11. Re:What is there to research? by afidel · · Score: 2, Informative · on Google's Anti-Spyware Project

    I recently downloaded a Firefox addon from siteadvisor (they have an addon for IE too) that shows me a color coded rating for the current site and for sites in google searches. They used an automated bot in a VM which went and auto-downloaded software from from millions of sites and reported any known spyware. They also auto filled forms with email addresses and tracked the amount of email recieved over a certain period. This is the kind of academic research that makes spyware tools fairly irrelevant because in theory you never get the infection.

  12. Their database quality is in question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware

    I wish they better analyze their website.
    FreeBSD.ORG = Marked as yellow - "Use caution." ( http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/freebsd.org )
    In the same time all fraud websites in Google search for "Green card" are green ( http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/us-green-card-lot tery.org )

  13. Their database quality is in question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware

    I wish they better analyze their website.
    FreeBSD.ORG = Marked as yellow - "Use caution." ( http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/freebsd.org )
    In the same time all fraud websites in Google search for "Green card" are green ( http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/us-green-card-lot tery.org )

  14. Re:What about the rest? by Jaseoldboss · · Score: 1 · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware
    Couldn't find a submit but it looks like you can put your site name into the search url ok:

    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/slashdot.org/summ ary

    slashdot.org We've tested this site and found it safe to use.
  15. Wow by TechnoGuyRob · · Score: 1 · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware

    They really mean it when they say ALL sites: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/siteadvisor.com

  16. Neat by rune.w · · Score: 2, Informative · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware

    This is a good project and it has the potential of eventually becoming the "Google of spyware". It's a pitty their methods are not explained at a greater detail in their FAQ, but then it prevents spyware companies from finding a quick workaround to fool their system.

    They even have a Firefox extension already: http://www.siteadvisor.com/ffinstall.html

    I'm looking forward to them adding cookie support to their database. Maybe I could finally stop blocking all cookies by default.

  17. Slashdot Safe To Use by znx · · Score: 3, Funny · on MIT Startup Tests Top Million Sites for Spyware

    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/slashdot.org/

    I plan on contesting the results, they plainly haven't investigated hard enough.