Websites to Avoid: quotes

I'm so excited! I checked 14 search results for 'Quotes about Cats' and 'Quotes about Dogs' and they were all good! One page, which contains quotes about everything under the sun, was found to have excessive pop-ups, but I use the Firefox browser (I mean, who doesn't, right?) and Ad-Block so pop-ups are usually not a problem for me.

Check out my results:

BAD:
NONE

GOOD:

quotationspage.com (this is the one with all the pop-ups)

Monday, March 3, 2008

Installment #6 - Funny Quotes

I "googled" 'famous funny quotes' and researched only 14 of them. My results are divided 50-50 and here they are:

BAD:

amusingquotes.com
allgreatquotes.com
famous-quotes-and-quotations.com
humoroust-shirts.com
lovequote.com
motivational-depot.com
funny-games.biz

GOOD:

famousfunnyquotes.net
great-quotes.com
artquotes.net
quotes-museum.com
allfunnyquotes.com
goodquotes.info
finestquotes.com

Why Websites to Avoid is Vital

The Internet has become a part of life - of the world's estimated 6.7 billion people, 24.7% of them use the Internet - that's over 1.6 billion people - and boy, does that excite the "cyber-creeps!"

But, adware and spyware are not the only things that can make a website "bad." Websites need to be checked on several issues - excessive or potentially dangerous spam, the integrity of the site's downloads, their use or abuse of third party tracking cookies, reports of malware, browser exploits, phishing, scams, or bad shopping experiences, and, of course, virus infections.

I rely a lot on Siteadvisor (by McAfee) - SA can either be used online (my preference) or downloaded. WOT (Web of Trust) and Finjan Secure Browsing are browser add-ons available as free downloads. I use all three!

However, word of mouth and personal experience are equally vital. That is why my blog/website is one of many vehicles of precaution you need to use faithfully.

Protect your Computer!

Even though you may have security software installed (free or not) and regularly run them, never let your guard down and "click" without thinking!

Be sure to use a firewall, anti-virus protection, anti-spyware, and system optimizers and/or cleaners - and defrag your PC on a regular basis!

Update these programs weekly, if not more! New infections surface every day!

(NOTE: Personally, I use Avira anti-virus, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareGuard, Advanced System Optimizer, Ccleaner, IOBit Security, Diskeeper Lite defragmenter, and Windows Firewall & Windows Defender (Microsoft) - and, of course, my browser is Firefox with AdBlock and Finjan enabled!)

Websites to Avoid

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Installment #18 - Quotes about Cats and Dogs

Monday, March 3, 2008

Installment #6 - Funny Quotes

Why Websites to Avoid is Vital

Protect your Computer!

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