Hi All,Symantec is a very, very large computer security company that provides computer security individuals and corporations. Its a large, large company which bought another company called Norton several years ago.
Norton provides computer security to regular folks and their computers. They use a product called Safe Web - of which you can read about more by clicking here.
The interesting thing about Norton Safe Web is that users can look up a site and get Norton's rating of the site with respect to security and safety of the site. Click here to use Norton Safe Web. Nothing is downloaded or installed onto your computer.
Information about the site users type in includes: website location, Norton Rating, Summary and Total Threats from the site.
Norton uses icons to let the viewer know whether or not the site is 'safe' to use. A green box with an ok in it is the top rating. An orange box with an exclamation point is the next rating. A red box with an 'x' is the lowest rating.
Users can also tap into Norton Safe Search community rating by viewing the table for community ratings on the right side of the screen. Users can also review sites with a brief narrative. Date of the review is also included.
Finally, click on this link for Norton's Community Buzz page. Viewers can see sites like Google, Facebook, YouTube and many others and there Norton Safe Search scores. Interesting!
To some extent the site is an free advertisement for Norton's Safe Web software - which they (Norton) are trying to sell to customers...Buyer/web viewer beware.
But its still a somewhat interesting and useful website! Enjoy the site and the reviews!
Regards,
Stu
