siteadvisor doesn't work with google anymoore?

Hello everyone,

Reading all your posts for years now and learning from them, this time i have got a question i hope you experts have an answer to. Since a few days (maybe a week or so) McAfee Siteadvisor doesn't show the search results icons in google anymore. In other search engines like Bing or Yahoo, Siteadvisor is still working fine.

Does anyone have the same problem? Is there a solution? (allready tried to reinstall Siteadvisor, but that doesn't solve the problem...)

Thanks !

 

Bertus19, I can't answer your question because I no longer use McAfee. A simple solution would be to install Web of Trust (WOT). Its a very light Firefox Add-on and works with Google. Also, just in case you don't know about it, I will mention No-Script which is also a highly recommended security add-on.

 

I am using the stand-alone plugin for Firefox, it works fine. What comes to WOT, in my opinion these two complement each other. No one solution can cover everything

 

Hey,

It looks that this is a known problem Site Avisor is having with Google search recently.

See here: http://community.mcafee.com/message/113104#113104


Regards,

Carlos

 

Hi

Remember Guys!

WOT is great for people using - Firefox : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2200/enjoy-safer-web-browsing-with-wot/
But Also...
WOT is also available for - Internet Explorer
&...
WOT is now also available for - Chrome : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8528/add-wot-web-of-trust-to-google-chrome-iron-chromeplus/


I use WOT with both Firefox and IE8 .. & .. Love It!

Zeena

 

Google changed the search URL so addons have to update to work with the new URL's. Browser Defender also does not work with Google anymore.

 

I just checked and SiteAdvisor is working fine on Google using 3.7a2 Minefield. But it does seem that Finjan has stopped working.

 

Hi

Apparently! .. It's Google that's causing all the trouble

My Desktop Computer had 2 updates for IE8 today
1) Google Toolbar Update
2) WOT Update

The WOT update was apparently to fix the problem that Google is running around creating

Google is updating the Google Toolbar for IE with...
Share : http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=163656
&
My Location : http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=166104


See Where It Says...

Well! .. It wasn't OFF when Google installed it on my desktop
It was only ( Call It ) women's intuition that made me check - & - Kill

Quote From Sami ( WOT Forum - 5th Feb ) ...

Zeena

 

Thank you all for your reply's!

May I conclude that apparently changes in the google search website are causing Siteadvisor not to work properly anymore? Then possibly the guys from McAfee will soon adjust Siteadvisor to coöperate with google search again...

 

Hi

99% Firefox user .. I hardly ever use IE8 myself!
It's my son that uses IE8
However!
I just couldn't wait for the Google Toolbar to update on my Laptop.
Just to see if - My Location - Would be OFF by default

So!
All afternoon I've been opening IE8 on my laptop .. To try and coax the Google Toolbar to update
The Result!
My Location .. Was ON

Funny how the Google Help page says....

Not True!


Zeena

 

Are the siteadvisor ratings up-to-date? I nearly can't believe it ...

 

I have Siteadvisor installed in 2 nearly identical XP Pro PC's both using Firefox with same add-0n's: Siteadvisor works on one of them but doesn't work on the other...this has been true since Firefox version 3.63...now both on 3.64. both with latest version of Siteadvisor...but siteadvisor prior current version didn't work either...on one pc. I've also tried yahoo and bing on the SA non-working pc No siteadvisor balloons there either. When I hit a trojan site today, My avast caught and stopped it...nerry a peep from SA. teh McAfee rectangle is grey on the non working pc, green on the other. I've tried reinstalling and disabling, enabling. WOT always works great. I wish there was a direct alternative to SA...it's clearly a fragile, inconsistent ap. I wouldn't use any Mcafee product that there was a decent alternative to based on my poor results with siteadvisor. Can anyone suggest similar alternatives other than WOT, which is great, but doesn't catch malware like siteadvisor does when it works.

 

Norton SafeWeb Lite

 

UPDATE - Alternative to Siteadvisor: As I posted yesterday, Siteadvisor wouldn't work on one PC...SO I sought alternatives to SA...Found this article: TOP 6 ALTERNATIVES FOR MCAFEE SITEADVISOR – BROWSE SAFE
http://techpp.com/2009/02/10/top-6-alternatives-mcafee-siteadvisor-browse-safe/
Tried Browser Defender mentioned in the article. So far so good, works with google, yahoo & Bing....similar balloon icons...can't say how effective it is, but it's made by PC Tools which makes Spyware Dr [I use the free starter edition, love it] and other anti-malware products, so I have reason to be optimistic.

 

There's a bug with Browser Defender & Google: The ratings only work for the first page of the search results

Hey that's funny: SITEADVISOR ALERT: Trendsecure.com is dangerous! A few years ago McAfee did it with Lavasoft: Lavasoft.com is dangerous!

I think the SiteAdvisor ratings are absolutely out-of-date ...

TrendProtect only works with IE, what a pity

 

Its a hit and miss case with Browser Defender..Sometimes it do work with Google and sometimes it don't...I have two add-on one is Browser Defender & other is WOT...I also keep my browsers inside sandbox, and they are the only programs which can access internet inside sandbox...I also use AdBlock Plus and No-Script...

BTW i don't use IE ...I haven't used it since 2008

 

Browser Defender has been having issues since December 2009...I am still waiting for it to be fixed.

 

I know

Finjan with FF 3.6.4 - what the hell ...

 

A more appropriate link. It's out of beta but they haven't had any announcement.

 

I can't believe it ...

 

BTW anyone tried Haute Secure?

 

Safeweb lite needs the Ask.com toolbar from what I have read.

 

No. Norton Safe Search uses Ask.com though http://safeweb.norton.com/images/global/safe_web.gif

 

LinkExtend
Web Security Guard

I have used SiteAdvisor, WOT, AVG LinkScanner and LinkExtend in the past but since removing NIS 2011 Beta I have installed Norton Safe Web Lite for my parents.

Whenever I want to check the rating of a website, I just use URLVoid.com these days.

 

I noticed a bug in Norton Safe Web - similar to Browser Defender & Google