![]() So here is says Computer Threats: 0, Identity Threats: 0, Annoyance factors: 0 and Total threats on this site: 0. Next when you follow their link to the report, this is what you see. This is very sloppy work from a company who you would think has an adequate IT budget to deal with these things better. With plain text email, you always have that guarantee, no matter what mail client the recipient is using. When you send HTML email, you have no guarantee that your message will be A) readable at all or B) visually legible to the recipient. The second problem is that the email they send HTML only. This is a problem as the words “Dear Something” are often used by spammers so already they are a suspected spammer. It all starts with an email from Symantec using the words “Dear Web site owner”. The sites contain no malware or any characteristics that would make it unsafe to use, however only Norton Safe Web has listed them as unsafe to use. Up until recently I didn’t have any issues with Norton Safe Web but it has come to my attention now as it has listed three sites I look after in the last 4 weeks. Looking after many websites requires a good set of tools to fulfil your daily tasks. Then there are those who claim to be helpful but are nothing more than a scam aimed at skewing data and coercing you into buying their products. Tools such as Google Safe Browsing and Sucuri Labs come are very helpful. I am all for helping users identify malicious websites. ![]()
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