Battle Website Reputation Rating Programs

[JoeN]

AVG LinkScanner

The most dangerous page on the web may be the one you are about to click on. AVG LinkScanner provides an advanced layer of security against fast-moving, invisible web threats, and hacked web sites. It verifies the safety of web pages you visit, and of links returned from web searches (Google, Yahoo! and MSN), so you know how safe/unsafe a page is at the time you attempt to click on it. It works alongside most current consumer AV and security suite products, delivering an additional layer of security they do not provide. Highlights: Real-time scanning of links you click on, so you can be sure you are protected from the latest hacked or exploited websites. Emphasis on analysis of each web page you visit instead of the web site. Automatic upgrades whenever the threat intelligence network finds a new threat. AVG LinkScanner is available as a free download for single computer, home non-commercial use.

BitDefender TrafficLight

Bitdefender TrafficLight adds a strong and non-intrusive layer of security to your browsing experience

Dr.Web LinkChecker

This plugin allows you to check any file you are about to download, any page you are about to visit with online version of Dr.Web anti-virus.

McAfee SiteAdvisor

McAfee SiteAdvisor software is a free Web security plug-in that provides you with simple red, yellow and green Website safety ratings, McAfee SECURE trustmarks for sites passing more rigorous daily tests, and a Secure Search Box so you can click with confidence and safely surf, search and shop online. This program tests websites for spyware, spam, phishing, and browser exploits, and its automatic updates help protect you from the latest threats.
SiteAdvisor technology works with 20 search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, Bing, AOL, and Ask. It does not require any other security software to work. With SiteAdvisor software installed, your browser will look a little different than before. We add small site rating icons to your search results as well as a browser button and optional search box. Together, these alert you to potentially risky sites and help you find safer alternatives. These site ratings are based on tests conducted by McAfee using an army of computers that look for all kinds of threats (detailed below). The result is a guide to Web safety. The SiteAdvisor technology is free, easy to install and even easier to use. And it doesn't collect any personally identifiable information.

Norton Safe Web

Norton Safe Web is a new Web site rating service from Symantec. Our servers crawl the Web and analyze what we find to see how it will affect you and your computer.
The Norton Safe Web plug-in was designed to let you know how safe a particular Web site might be before you visit it. If you need to find out more about how a Web site might behave, we provide more detailed information on the Norton Safe Web Report.

Trend Micro TrendProtect

TrendProtect is a FREE browser plug-in that helps you avoid Web pages with unwanted content and hidden threats. TrendProtect rates the current page and pages listed in Google, MSN, and Yahoo search results. You can use the rating to decide if you want to visit or avoid a given Web page. To rate Web pages, TrendProtect refers to an extensive database that covers the following information for billions of Web pages:

1. Content category
2. Phishing scam detection
3. Site reputation
4. Page reputation

WOT (Web of Trust)

WOT shows you which websites you can trust based on millions of users’ experiences around the world to help you stay safe when you search, surf, and shop online.

• Traffic light style icons guide you find trustworthy links on search engine results, social media, online email, and many popular sites
• You can leave your own ratings to help other web users stay safe
• Third-party trusted sources provide technical security
• It’s fast, free, and easy-to-use

 

[loveboy_lion]

From my own personal testing, Chrome's (Google) Malware Protection was more effective that the ones you listed.

Does Dragon not use Google's Phishing and Malware Protection, or is that feature not available?

Yes Dragon has the above features unlike you i too dont use link scanners except if they are included in protection which i already use

 

[nobita36]

I felt Vietnam's pro bkav very good, you try to see the stars

 

[Deleted member 178]

i am living in Vietnam, and yes the BKAV Pro version is good, but you can't try it because the free version are using the outdated engine, not a smart move.

 

[Spirit]

Given try to Trendmicro and Norton yesterday and scanned 25 malicious link out of which Norton blocked 15,wot blocked 17 and trendmicro 24 out of 25.

Why Trendmicro lagging behind in voting :huh:
Because generally people don't use trend micro product.

 

[McLovin]

Given try to Trendmicro and Norton yesterday and scanned 25 malicious link out of which Norton blocked 15,wot blocked 17 and trendmicro 24 out of 25.

Why Trendmicro lagging behind in voting :huh:
Because generally people don't use trend micro product.

Because everyone thinks that an AV will protect you.

 

[Spirit]

Given try to Trendmicro and Norton yesterday and scanned 25 malicious link out of which Norton blocked 15,wot blocked 17 and trendmicro 24 out of 25.

Why Trendmicro lagging behind in voting :huh:
Because generally people don't use trend micro product.

Because everyone thinks that an AV will protect you.

lol even link scanner cannot protect to people who deliberately visit porn and malicious sites

 

[McLovin]

lol even link scanner cannot protect to people who deliberately visit porn and malicious sites

If they deliberately visit then they must be a Malware tester or someone really desperate.

 

[Littlebits]

I only use WOT because like Jack said, it does more than just malware checking, it checks for rogue vendors and sites with privacy issues and other things to be concerned about like secure online shopping sites.

None of the other compare to WOT which does have a lot of issues, always read user commits just don't depend on the color coded label, because some sites are green when they should be yellow or red. Some sites are red when there is not anything apparently wrong with them and should be green.

I agree with Earth, Chrome's (Google) Malware Protection is better than most of the other tools. Google's Malware Protection is only available in Google Chrome, other Chromium browser do not have this feature.

All of Google services are only available in Google Chrome, they are not part of the open-source Chromium code. Other Chromium browser can add extensions to give them similar features.

Thanks.

 

[Ink]

Given try to Trendmicro and Norton yesterday and scanned 25 malicious link out of which Norton blocked 15,wot blocked 17 and trendmicro 24 out of 25.

Which web browser did you use? Web of Trust extension can only block websites if using IE and FF.

 

[Tobi]

Panda however seems to have decreased its reputation.

Past few days whatever zero days link i threw at Panda only about 40% were blocked.

Panda did not decrease its reputation. There was simply a mismatch with URL Filtering servers but this issue was resolved.

 

[Spirit]

Given try to Trendmicro and Norton yesterday and scanned 25 malicious link out of which Norton blocked 15,wot blocked 17 and trendmicro 24 out of 25.

Which web browser did you use? Web of Trust extension can only block websites if using IE and FF.

Tested with IE

Norton Web really make a vast improvement.I have used it 2-3 years back and it was useless at that time but now its block almost everything
It block few +18 site which even wot,trendmicro don't flag lol

 

[Plexx]

Oh thats good news then. Good to know there was an issue and they fixed it.