Hey, it’s me again, happy holidays! Last time I posted a few recommendations for security software. The feedback I received was great, I am glad you found the blog post useful. My goal is to keep providing helpful information for you.

Now is the time of year the virus writers are taking full advantage of all the holiday e-cards being sent. So please use caution when clicking links in email. Take the time to verify that you know and trust the sender, and be sure that the link you are about to click is from a reputable site.

For example, a recent spam email I got was from Halmark-Greeting, notice there was only one “l” in Hallmark. Some junk mail is easy to spot due to typos, either intentional or not, but others are more difficult to spot.

Here’s a tool I use and recommend to help check out web links:
McAfee Site Advisor –

“SiteAdvisor software adds safety ratings to your browser and search engine results.”

So, first you need to download and install the Site Advisor tool from McAfee. Then, anytime you search, (using google, yahoo, bing, etc.), the results will have a Site Advisor icon to indicate whether the link is good, bad, or unknown. It’s really that simple. So instead of clicking a link in an email… just copy/paste it into your favorite search engine and let Site Advisor… um, advise you. 🙂

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. I’m here to help.
-Erik