Is there a way to verify a website that a search engine returns before going there?

Hello-

I am back to using Internet Explore (some people never give up) only whenever I do a search for a site (example, say Lavasoft Homepage) How can I tell if the sites that are returned by a search engine are who they say they are?

I appreciate the protection provided by:
- spybots search and destroy provided hosts file
- JavaCool's SpywareBlaster (kill bits, and often the nifty flash blocker)
- miscellaneous clever tricks

However…is there such a thing as a secure site that has verified addresses so that after a search, one could do a comparison of sites returned by a search with list of sites that actually have been verified to be run by such and such organization?

Or is there a better way? It’s getting so I just don’t want to search for sites because it is too dangerous to click results!

- Just wondering

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