Let's say a Website passes the AVG check, and then changes their site
or is hacked. How long do you suppose it will take for AVG to recheck?
Forget that crap and load your Anti-Virus along with Prevx 3.0 Free.
Prevx works along side most antiviral and antispyware products and
offers extremely good CLOUD protection.
http://www.prevx.com/freescan.asp
--
Rob
Supporting Member, Cascade Bicycle Club
P.O. Box 15165 Seattle, WA. 98115-0165
206-522-3222 and 24 hr hotline 206-522-BIKE
http://www.cascade.org
"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi PA Bear:
>
> The difference as I see it between IE8's Smart Screen (anti-phishing)
> Filter
> and AVG's Safe Search is that you have to open the website with IE8 and
> then
> check each individual website. Whereas with AVG's Safe Search it
> identifies
> all websites listed applicable a search without having to open them and
> individually check them.
>
> This is a big difference unless I am missing something. You ought not have
> to open a bad site and then check it to find out it's bad.
>
> ColTom2
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:urgbfDE$JHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> In short, IE8's SmartScreen [anti-phishing] Filter replaces AVG's
> Search-Shield & Active Surf-Shield, Norton WOT, and possibly McAfee Site
> Advisor.
>
> References:
>
> The Data Privacy Imperative: IE 8 SmartScreen Protects Against
> Identity-Stealing Malware:
> http://blogs.technet.com/privacyimpe...g-malware.aspx
>
> IEBlog: IE8 Security Part III: SmartScreenŽ Filter
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...en-filter.aspx
>
> IEBlog: IE8 Security Part VIII: SmartScreen Filter...
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...te-update.aspx
>
> MS Phishing Filter: Frequently Asked Questions:
> https://smartscreen.microsoft.com/Ph...FilterFaq.aspx
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> ColTom2 wrote:
>> Thanks PA Bear....I was just hoping someone might have a quick answer.
>>
>> Happy 4th!
>>
>> ColTom2
>>
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
>> news:uLNqRGD$JHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Contact AVG Support or post in the AVG Free forum.
>>
>>
>> ColTom2 wrote:
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I have AVG 8.5.386 Free and IE 8.0.6001.18702 installed and cannot get
>>> the
>>> AVG Link Scanner Search Shield or Surf-Shield to display the status icon
>>> beside each listed website. I also have also installed WOT add-on for IE
>>> 8,
>>> but nothing is displayed by the website either. Installed IE8 WOT add-on
>>> shows as Enabled but does not display anything.
>>>
>>> Is there a current add-on for IE8 that will display their security
>>> rating
>>> icon for listed websites? I have Firefox 3.5 and both AVG and WOT
>>> indicates
>>> their respective security icon beside each website, but I have not been
>>> able
>>> to find a similar add-on for IE8.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> ColTom2
>
>