One of these days some creative insurance company is going to come out with insurance for our internet experience. There is already identity theft insurance available, sometimes for additional premium on many homeowner insurance policies which covers your identity being stolen and we can talk to you about that, but this isn’t quite what I’m talking about today.
Chances are if you spend any significant time on the internet like our family does here at Todd Russell Insurance Agency you have run across several websites which try to do no good to your computer and internet experience. Websites that will take your information and then send you spam or insert something malicious into a ‘free’ program, game or other software.
Clearly we have to be vigilant as internet web travelers.
With that in mind, we’re happy to report that McAfee has found the Todd Russell Insurance Agency website safe according to McAfee’s SiteAdvisor results.
McAfee SiteAdvisor is a free internet service that checks the following of websites visited:
Web sites are tested for ‘phishing’ and other online scams, affiliations with dangerous sites, excessive pop-ups, and browser exploits.
SiteAdvisor has tested sites representing more than 95% of worldwide Web traffic.
How to add SiteAdvisor free to your internet browser
Simply visit the McAfee download page and it will detect the browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Firefox) and give you the option to download and execute the program. Then as you visit sites all over the internet, you can look to see how the site is rated: green for good, yellow for warning and red for warning.
It’s especially important to watch out for red flagged sites when it comes to shopping on the internet. Our family hopes your internet browsing is safe.
Do you have some other great, helpful tools to share that help keep our internet browsing experience safe? Feel free to use the comments below and tell us about it.
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