A Site to See: Scansafe

February 2008

The Web is crawling with malware. But a new search engine lets surfers check a site’s safety before visiting. It lets users employ one of three major search engines: Google, Yahoo!, or MSN, and displays results in the chosen engine’s format. Each result is scanned for anything malicious. Placed next to its link is a green check mark, a yellow question mark, or a red cross. The site is based on Web security technology from Scansafe that currently scans billions of Web requests for corporations. It’s this month’s Site to See.

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Hotel Internet network security varies widely, according to a recent Cornell study. A relatively common weakness is the use of hub technology, for example, which can be hacked fairly easily. Researchers advise connecting with a virtual private network if possible and to try to use Web sites with Secure Socket Layer protection.

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A Site to See: Scansafe

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