I am looking for a safe and free browser protection for my Safari. I used to have bit Defender Traffic Light and it would show me green and red check marks when i do a search to let me know if website are safe or not. Since I updated to the new Safari version my bit defender is gone. I would like to add Norton Safe Search but do not have the software. Any idea's?
Thank you all for your help.
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You don't want Norton anything! Norton has a long and sordid history of borking Macs. Safari is secure, why look for trouble?
Ghostery should be OK. I doubt that you will find any app with the green and red checkmarks you're looking for. Weather here is pretty much the same year round, send us some of your rain, we need it!
macjack,
Cool that's good to know. I just found Ghostery in the Apple store seems to be good but does not give me the green and red check marks. Its cold and will be pouring herein a bit 3 inches of rain on east coast.
Thanks buddy.
There's nothing to worry about and this is old news. These are scare tactics to get you to install Avast/Kaspersky AV. The method of infection they are talking about is a known way that adware can be installed unknowingly by a user and requires downloading and installing a Flash Player update from a pop-up on the web, instead of from the Official Adobe Website. It has been going on for a long time. There's no threat if you don't fall for that gambit.
Their advice for avoiding it is the same as always:
"As always, avoid unusual download links, emails and messages. This program does tend to be served through ads that trick users into downloading, which are commonly found on adult websites, so avoiding that kind of content is a surefire way to steer clear of malicious advertisements."
I believe you do not have Flash Player on your Mac. If you do only download Flash updates from either the Official Adobe website or from within System Preferences > Flash Player > Check for updates. If you do have Flash Player it is unnecessary and you should uninstall it.
If for some reason you do get tricked this way Malwarebytes will take care of it.
There has never been one instance of an actual virus reported on a Mac and if it ever happens it will be major headline news. Which means if it should happen to you the media will beat a path to your door and you will have your 15 minutes of fame! 😎
Wish we could then we get snow. Thanks for you help my friend from the west coast.
You're welcome.
No problem my friend this is what I was looking for have it on Firefox but not on Safari.
Yes, but there are no red check marks? ::kidding::
If it's that important you then why not just use FF?
macjack
I have all my bookmarks on Safari.
macjack,
Thanks for the info also have you heard of this and should I worry?
Thank you buddy fir the info.
Have a good day my friend lots of power outages here after storm in the east coast good luck I have power.
Thank you as usual this place has all the answer. I just updated my Safari to seems better now.
You can import them into FF:
You're welcome Also read this from Apple:
Avoid fraud by using encrypted websites in Safari on Mac - Apple Support
Ghostery is owned by a data collection firm. If you have their GhostRank feature enabled they collect and sell your data. If you have it disabled, they don't—supposedly.
macjack.
Thank you so much for your help and love that link. I will bookmark it too.
Thank you always my friend from west coast.
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