McAfee SiteAdvisor in 'Best of What's New' List

Sharon Khare • November 13, 2006, 10:00:00 IST

McAfee SiteAdvisor makes it to the Popular Science Magazine’s 19th annual ‘Best of What’s New’ list.

McAfee SiteAdvisor in 'Best of What's New' List

Security Technology company McAfee, has announced that the McAfee SiteAdvisor, its safe search and browse technology, has been selected by Popular Science Magazine for inclusion in its 19th annual ‘Best of What’s New’ list.

“‘Best of What’s New’ is the ultimate Popular Science accolade, representing a year’s worth of work evaluating thousands of products,” said Mark Jannot, editor of Popular Science. “These awards honor innovations that not only influence the way we live today, but that change the way we think about the future.”

McAfee SiteAdvisor, selected for the computing category, pioneered Web safety by testing and rating, on an ongoing basis, nearly every trafficked site on the Internet for a wide variety of Web safety issues including spyware, viruses, exploits, online scams, and spam. The program provides advance warning of dangerous and risky Web sites so consumers can avoid visiting the ‘dark alleys’ of the Internet.

“McAfee SiteAdvisor is a category-defining safe search tool, and to have the editors of Popular Science recognize this breakthrough is very gratifying,” said Bill Kerrigan, executive vice president, McAfee Consumer. “McAfee SiteAdvisor helps guide hundreds of millions of clicks every day, and we’re privileged to join the distinguished company of products that have been previously honored by Popular Science.”

The award comes two days after the launch of McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus, the premium version of the free McAfee SiteAdvisor tool. McAfee SiteAdvisor and SiteAdvisor Plus are available for download at http://us.mcafee.com. McAfee SiteAdvisor technology is included in each of McAfee’s 2007 consumer security software line-up which consists of McAfee Total Protection, McAfee Internet Security Suite, McAfee PC Protection Plus, McAfee VirusScan Plus and McAfee Wireless Protection.

Written by Sharon Khare

Born with the sole aim of correcting people, Sharon took to copy-editing at an early age. In the olden days her methods of correction were rather unorthodox. Don't believe us? Ask the intern who lost two of his er.... Oh ok, I guess we don't talk about that. Now after she got a kid, things have relatively mellowed down. Besides handling the plethora of content that comes out of Tech2, Sharon also handles our sister site, CompareIndia where you can well compare prices of pretty much every electronic item under the sun and CHIP magazine as well, if things weren't heavy enough. She handles a team, all of who seem real happy as long as they're not chained to their desks. see more