Is Site Advisor getting bloated?

[Broni]

Site Advisor never saved me, either, but it's very useful for me, when I recommend any link to someone else.
When fixing someone's computer, I'd rather avoid, any solution, download, etc. from any "yellow" (maybe), or "red" (never) site.

[CBMatt]

Is SiteAdvisor still forcing itself to be seen?  Ever since they made it so you can't hide the toolbar, I haven't been using it, which is a shame because it was a nice tool to have handy.

[Broni]

I got rid of it last night....trying WOT.

[Raptor]

Dudes. Just use a modified HOSTS file and Noscript.

You can surf ANY website regardless of Siteadvisor's go or no-go.

[evilfantasy]

I got rid of it last night....

I'm getting rid of it shortly. It won't work unless you have the IE plugin installed also. It wants a bit too much control for me. WoT is good, but like AVG's Link Scanner if you don't have a beefed up system, it's going to slow down your surfing...

[Kip]

McAfee has updated their Firefox version of SiteAdvisor to version 2.9.  I do not know about their IE version.   The only difference I see is that the options have been rearranged a bit and their seem to be a few new ones.  The statusbar button is still a little to tall though.

I have been using WOT also and it seems to work similarly to SiteAdvisor, but it is much more compact.

[evilfantasy]

Now using WOT. Internet Security | WOT Web of Trust

It's pretty good so far.

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[Broni]

At least in my case, with WOT, Google results seems to be loading faster, than with Site Advisor.
It looks like McAfee is losing the only good application, they had.

[evilfantasy]

Agreed. Imagine how the users who have the paid SiteAdvisor Plus feel!

[Broni]

Oh well....

[patio]

If you recall CH had a black mark on Site Advisor for some time...
Another reason i refuse to use it and/or recommend it...

[evilfantasy]

It's all about WOT now!

Rate CH using WOT web safety ratings. How to register with WOT

We have a Excellent reputation now but more positive input is never a bad thing.

The WOT - Web Of Trust add-on works with FF and IE.

[Broni]

Done!

[CBMatt]

I'm definitely going to give this a trial run tomorrow.

[Sidewinder]

Now using WOT. Internet Security | WOT Web of Trust

It's pretty good so far.

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Same here. The last SiteAdvisor update added a mcsacore.exe service which I hadn't noticed before. Considering that SiteAdvisor was working just fine, I couldn't understand why suddenly it needs a service to do it's work.