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When you are browsing the web, you may encounter many types of threats such as phishing sites that tries to trick you into revealing your private information such as paypal, online banking and etc. Then there are sites that will install spyware on your computer and then try to trick you into buying their antispyware program. Then there are scripts that is capable to exploit the browser’s vulnerability. According to the latest Netcraft web server survey, there are about 182 million sites and the numbers are growing rapidly. With that amount of sites on the Internet, distinguishing the good websites from the bad is very tricky, even for experienced users. I was tricked into installing a rogueware (Spy Sheriff) once because everything seemed so real!

Firefox web browser has a built-in security feature where it can block attack sites and web forgeries. It works but in my opinion, it is a little annoying when I want to ignore the warning and continue accessing the “attack site”. As for AVG Link Scanner, it is a total failure because it slows down your internet connection. One of the best is probably McAfee SiteAdvisor, a shareware that cost $19.99 per year where it shields your PC from dangerous Web sites, no matter where they appear.

If you’re looking for an alternative which is free, you can try Browser Defender toolbar.


Not all toolbar are bad. The Browser Defender toolbar by ThreatExpert allows you to surf safely by displaying site ratings as you browse the Internet. When you visit a site its address will be checked by Browserdefender’s servers and a rating shown in toolbar based on any malicious behavior or threats we have found associated with the site.

The toolbar is a useful utility that provides you with a safety rating for website links returned from a Google or Yahoo! search, so that you are aware before you visit a website whether, in ThreatExpert’s opinion, it is safe, unsafe or needs to be visited with caution. When you install the Browser Defender toolbar, search results through Google and Yahoo! searches will be marked with a green, red, yellow or grey icon beside each link to indicate their safety level. Moving your cursor over the rating will display a summary of the site’s rating for downloads and links.

A simple green, red or yellow rating lets you know immediately if, in ThreatExpert’s opinion, the website is safe to visit, harmful or needs to be visited with caution. If the website is not amongst our millions of crawled domains, then a grey rating will be shown.

Please note information about the sites you visit will be transmitted to ThreatExpert’s servers to provide the site ratings. The information is anonymous and used solely for the purpose of providing the Browser Defender service.

Currently Browser Defender only supports Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser. It is still in BETA so you should expect some bugs although I haven’t encounter any.

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