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Offline Bellzemos

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McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« on: September 05, 2009, 02:43:47 AM »
Last few days I can't get to www.siteadvisor.com

Anyone else too?
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2009, 02:51:00 AM »
No problem here, though the site is not up to much as its data can be very old. So if checking for a sites security it could be massively out of date and the siteadvisor link scanner is equally dated so can't be relied on.
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2009, 12:12:41 PM »
My brother, who is using the same internet provider as I do, says that he can acess this site and that I might have something blocked. I'm using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 under Windows XP. Where and how can I un-block this? Can you please help me?
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2009, 01:28:11 PM »
Seems ok here on Vista and Firefox.
Are you using a non-default hosts file?
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2009, 02:46:47 PM »
The site works fine for me with IE8.

I agree with DavidR and as a previous McAfee SiteAdvisor user it is next to useless and even rates sites with known malware as safe. 

What is your operating system and Service Pack level so that the correct location of the HOSTS file can be provided.
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 03:18:13 PM »
This are the contents of my "hosts" file (c:windows\system32\drivers\etc\):
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# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost



-------------------------------------------------------------------------
What could be wrong?


PS: Which site do you recommend since siteadvisor.com is outdated? Thank you! :)
« Last Edit: September 05, 2009, 03:27:21 PM by Bellzemos »
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 03:31:27 PM »
Quote from: Bellzemos on September 05, 2009, 03:18:13 PM
What could be wrong?
Nothing, it's ok.

Quote from: Bellzemos on September 05, 2009, 03:18:13 PM
PS: Which site do you recommend since siteadvisor.com is outdated? Thank you! :)
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2009, 04:50:22 PM »
Does Finjan's site have a search option (like siteadvisor.com has) where you can enter a site's name and then it tells you it it's safe?

And I'm still worried why I can't access siteadvisor.com while everyone else can. What else should I check besides hosts file? I'm 99% not infected (I scanned the system with Avast, MBAM and SAS in normal and safe mode) and my PC is working fine. Please help.
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 04:55:09 PM »
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 05:21:48 PM »
Thank you! Is there any more sites like this one? I think Google has something like that too?

And what do you think about me not accessing siteadvisor.com site? Any ideas?

Thank you again!

PS: I just found another "site advisor": Norton Safe Web - do you know if it's any good?
« Last Edit: September 05, 2009, 05:25:12 PM by Bellzemos »
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 05:30:23 PM »
You can scan a suspicious url against this: http://www.unmaskparasites.com/security-report/
and also against: http://www.blacklistdoctor.com/bld/diagnose.php

I don't know about Norton one.
Did you use any immunizator software (like SpyBot, Spyware Blaster, iObit one...)?
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 05:43:15 PM »
I don't really know what is immunizator software. Programs I'm using are: SpywareBlaster, CCleaner, SAS, MBAM and Avast. Maybe it's SpywareBlaster, but I disabled it's protection and then tried to access the site - with no success.

Thank you for the additional links! :)
« Last Edit: September 05, 2009, 05:48:21 PM by Bellzemos »
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 05:51:53 PM »
Open a command window and write down:
ping www.siteadvisor.com
Is the site reached?
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2009, 02:16:51 PM »
No, it says "Request timed out." three times and that's it.
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Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor site
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2009, 03:01:39 PM »
So, problem is not avast, problem is not your browser.
Do you use any other filter?
It's strange, I've pinged the site and all packets reached it.
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