Friday, May 4, 2007

Surf in safety with TrendProtect (IE/Firefox)

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Internet Explorer and Firefox only: TrendProtect is a browser plug-in that helps you avoid unsafe web sites.

Using a variety of methods, TrendProtect analyzes individual pages (not just entire sites) and alerts you if it detects anything malicious. It also analyzes Google, MSN and Yahoo search results, flagging each link with a familiar red-light/green-light color code. You can mouse over any link to see more information.

Unnecessary, you say? IE 7 and Firefox have their own such security features? Consider this: I recently stumbled upon an eBay phishing site, and to my surprise, neither Firefox nor the Google Toolbar caught it. (Another surprise: Internet Explorer 7 did.) TrendProtect did seem to slow Google searches a bit, but that's a small price to pay for an added layer of protection.

TrendProtect is free. It's available for Internet Explorer and Firefox, but only the Windows versions of each.

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