Can someone one please enlighten me as to how mobile McAfee determines
a site is dangerous?
Puoi trovarlo nelle Norme sulla classificazione dei siti di SiteAdvisor:
What Is Rated? How Is It Rated?
We test the following attributes of a
site. Red, yellow, and green scores are computed from the outcome of
these tests.
Downloads We test downloadable software that is hosted by and directly
linked to from a site. We use our award-winning McAfee anti-virus
engine to determine if the file includes malware, such as viruses,
Trojans or adware. We also test for program behaviors that we deem to
be risky or merit a cautionary note. Behaviors can include resetting
the browser's home page, adding toolbars or desktop shortcuts or
contacting 3rd party Web servers. Based on these results, we score the
site's downloads accordingly.
E-mail practices We test sites for e-mail practices by entering a
valid, unique personal e-mail address into a site's e-mail form. Then
we measure any mail that is received at this unique address. We score
the site according to the quantity of mail received as well as the
"spamminess" of those e-mails. Spamminess is a measure of the mail's
commercial content, as well as the presence of tricks used by spammers
to try to escape detection by spam filters.
Browser exploits We perform tests to detect the presence of exploits
on a site. An exploit is any content that forces a web browser to
perform operations that the user does not explicitly intend.
Web reputation McAfee tests websites for web reputation using the
TrustedSource™ system. This system collects security data from tens of
millions of sensors located in more than 120 countries. McAfee's
proprietary technology analyzes traffic and linking patterns, website
behavior, content analysis, site registration and hosting, to develop
an overall reputation rating for the website.
Annoyances When we visit a site, we record how many pop-ups occur and
how many cookies we receive. In addition, we monitor prompts to change
a browser's home and search page settings.The presence or cookies is
only noted. Cookies do not affect a site's score.
E-Commerce McAfee tests sites for the following e-commerce issues:
Phishing: We use proprietary, award-winning real-time phishing
software to evaluate whether the site in question is attempting to
mimic a legitimate business or financial institution.
Scams: We use a variety of criteria to determine whether a site in
question is engaged in questionable business practices, such as
selling rogue anti-spyware.
Links (online affiliations) We collect information about the URL links
posted on a site to determine whether the site is affiliated or
effectively directing traffic to another site. We rate a site based on
our estimation of the risk users could experience if they used these
links to be led to other risky sites.
Per quanto riguarda ciò che ha innescato la valutazione per il sito a cui stai tentando di accedere, non possiamo davvero dire come la valutazione di SiteAdvisor stessa non sembra fornire ulteriori informazioni su cosa specificamente ha sbagliato con il sito (nessuna menzione degli attributi che presumibilmente usano per determinare la sicurezza del sito web).
Una semplice ricerca di "siteadvisor false positive" su Google dovrebbe rivelare che SiteAdvisor ha una notevole storia di fornitura di valutazioni fuorvianti e di tempi di imbarazzo per risolvere i reclami. Data la reputazione dei siti StackExchange, anche la valutazione per il sito in questione è probabilmente solo un falso positivo .
