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acr1965
November 22nd, 2006, 11:53 PM
Anyone try Onecare Advisor? I saw MSN had some add-ons to their toolbar. Any suggestions to whether try OneCare Toolbar or not?
Thanks.
337
November 23rd, 2006, 10:46 AM
I tried it and got rid of it. It is an ondemand scanner to check your PC for viruses, spyware, & PC health.. It also sends feed back to MS.. So I ditched it. There are many other/better online scans available--IMHO :)
acr1965
November 23rd, 2006, 01:27 PM
-{ Quote: "I tried it and got rid of it. It is an ondemand scanner to check your PC for viruses, spyware, & PC health.. It also sends feed back to MS.. So I ditched it. There are many other/better online scans available--IMHO :)" }-

I thought Onecare Advisor was sorta like McAfee's SiteAdvisor? It is kinda described that way....a toolbar add-on type of thing. What I am looking for is a site advisor besides the one McAfee offers. Would you know of any?
lodore
November 23rd, 2006, 02:03 PM
-{ Quote: "I thought Onecare Advisor was sorta like McAfee's SiteAdvisor? It is kinda described that way....a toolbar add-on type of thing. What I am looking for is a site advisor besides the one McAfee offers. Would you know of any?" }-


there is site hound from firetrust there is a free version which is good
can be found here
http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustsitehound.html
lodore
ErikAlbert
November 23rd, 2006, 03:11 PM
I don't waste much time on Microsoft's security. There is nothing new or sensational in it and their security softwares will be a target of the bad guys.

Windows OneCare = Firewall, Antivirus, Antispyware = one of the many security suites.

Windows OneCare Advisor protects you against viruses, spyware, online fraud and identity theft,
- while Windows OneCare also protects you against viruses and spywares (= double)
- while IE7 also has anti-phishing features (= double)
That is very clear for average users. Pffft. ::)
OldRebel
November 23rd, 2006, 09:13 PM
The One Care Advisor contains the latest version of the Miscrosoft phishing filter for IE 6, but when I installed IE7, I found the entire MSN toolbar to be useless. Antipihishing is already build into IE7 and there's no need for the MSN toolbar, IMO.