Site Reviews by technology_sponge in the Norton Safe Web community Wed May 23 08:54:25 +0000 2012 http://safeweb.norton.com/profile/technology_sponge Online auctions, product sales, classfieds. Everything for sale, including the kitchen sink. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:08:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ebay.com.au Australian web hosting company with servers in Sydney and California. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:07:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=layerednetworks.com One of the largest web hosting companies in Australia. Legit website. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:06:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ventraip.com.au Microsoft's new search engine (formerly Live search). 100% safe, unless you click on a link to a malicious website in the search results, but that's hardly Microsoft's fault. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:44:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bing.com Personal website. Contains a blog, wiki, downloads, a few photos, applications etc. Nothing malicious. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=theparanoidtroll.com Site has been hacked. Visitors to the site are presented with the Trojan-Spy.Zbot.YETH malware. This trojan is in the wild and not many products detect it yet. See: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/272877/paris_hilton_web_site_being_used_web_attack?fp=4&fpid=762453&eid=110 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:19:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=parishilton.com Home to Peer Guardian 2 - a firewall used by many people to block known spyware sites, servers known to track users, fake/scam websites, copyright organizations and governments. Basically used to protect your privacy while surfing, or file sharing. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:17:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=phoenixlabs.org Home of the uTorrent BT client, one of the most lightweight, and fastest clients available. Actively developed with very large user base. uTorrent and the website are 100% clean. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:12:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=utorrent.com Popular website with hundreds and thousand of members. Reported clean by Safeweb and SiteAdvisor. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:08:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=adultfriendfinder.com Not sure whether to not this is a joke. You can rent attendees/people to come to your party or social event, if your unpopular or a low turnout is predicted. Site is harmless enough anyway... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:46:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rentacrowd.tk This is the "pro" version of APC Magazine website, targeted to IT professionals, system administrators etc. Main website is at apcmag.com Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:45:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=apcmagpro.com Australian Personal Computer magazine - the longest running PC publication in Australia. Site has news, workshop, reviews, forums, how-to articles, blogs. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:43:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=apcmag.com Home to Tight VNC, tool used for cross platform PC remote control, file transfer, desktop sharing etc. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:19:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tightvnc.com Home to the Ultra VNC tunneling tool, used for PC remote access, file transfer, desktop sharing that is cross platform. (Works with Vista too). Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:18:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=uvnc.com Home to teamviewer - a freeware and commercial application that allows PC remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer over the internet, Good for tech support. Clan and trusted. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:01:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=teamviewer.com Home to Famatech - software developer of the horrendously overpriced PC remote access and remote control software "Radmin". Used by a lot of corporate customers and government departments. Definitely trustworthy, Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:00:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=radmin.com Site of Dameware Development, a software developer of tools used for system administration. Their apps are used by a lot of corporate and government customers. Definitely safe, and FIPS certified. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:58:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dameware.com Home to the webcomic girls with slingshots. SIte has comics, news, merchandise, message from author etc. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:55:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=daniellecorsetto.com Online company that tracks user habits, compiles website statistics, ranking etc. Considered to be spyware, but is mostly harmless to the end-user. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:49:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=alexa.com Distributes rogue anti-malware software that misleads users into thinking that they are infected with spyware. May be hard to remove. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:48:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=isafeantivirus.com Distributes rogue anti-malware software that misleads users into thinking that they are infected with spyware. May be hard to remove. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:47:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=isafe-antivirus.com Distributes the fake/rouge anti-malware applications. Tricks users into believing they are infected. Hard to remove. Identity theft? Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:45:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=totalprotection2009.com Distributes the fake/rouge anti-malware applications. Tricks users into believing they are infected. Hard to remove. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:45:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=totalprotect2009.com Ditributes the rogue anti-malware application antivirus2009, a known malicious application that tricks users into thinking they are infected with spyware. Hard to remove, tray icons, popup messages, Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:43:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=expressantivirus2009.com Distributes rogue anti-malware software, designed to trick users into thinking that they are infected. Software is hard to remove, tray icons, popup messages. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:42:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antivirus-rapid-scanner.com Addon for Windows Live Messenger and MSN messenger. Extends functionality - skins, plugins, emoticons, colored text etc. The installer is bundled with adware, but it is made VERY clear that it is OPTIONAL, and can be removed AT ANY TIME. Otherwise 100% safe. Very popular download. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:40:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=msgpluslive.net Addon for Windows Live Messenger and MSN messenger. Extends functionality - skins, plugins, emoticons, colored text etc. The installer is bundled with adware, but it is made VERY clear that it is OPTIONAL, and can be removed AT ANY TIME. Otherwise 100% safe. Very popular download. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:39:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=msgplus.net Home to the freeware file compression and archiving utility TugZip. Site has downloads, news, faq, forum. Development of TugZip has slowed down. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:34:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tugzip.com Home to the gzip compression utility - multiplatform and open source. 100% clean and widely used (esp in Linux). Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gzip.org PKWare is home to the developers of PKZip and the creators of the ZIP format. Program and website are both trusted. *There are many free alternatives to PKZip though. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:31:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pkware.com This website distributes the rogue anti-malware application Antivirus 2009, which deceives users into believing they are infected by spyware. Hard to remove, system tray icons, popup messages. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:29:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=av-2009.com Online retailer based in the US. Especially known for their computer parts and CE equipment. Cheap prices, fast delivery, user reviews etc... Widely known and used, website is safe. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:27:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newegg.com Online store selling the application WinRAR, made by rarlabs. One of the most popular file compression utilities that is cross platform. WinRAR is very popular, and has been tested and reviewed by many download websites and magazines and is 100% safe. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:25:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=win-rar.com Winzip computing develops the Winzip file compression utility for Windows. Very high profile website, and very commonly used software, both of which are malware free. Trusted. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:22:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=winzip.com Software downloads website similar to download.com, EXCEPT they do not host the files, they merely link to the developer's website. Some of the linked files contain adware, spyware and toolbars, so use caution when downloading and scan all files with a good AV. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:49:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=freesoftware4all.co.uk Some downloads are infected with the Dealio toolbar, an unwanted toolbar/adware application. Browse this site with caution! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:44:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ratemyscreensaver.com One of the worst sites on the internet! Site site hosts hundreds of thousands of adware, spyware, toolbar, virus and trojan infected files! It also SPAMs e-mail adresses and actively exploits your browser. It also has excessive popups, and links to other critically dangerous websites! Do NOT ever visit! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:43:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ezthemes.com The site is extremely harmful. All downloads are chock fulll of adware, spyware, viruses and toolbars. The site has links to other known critically harmful websites. Do not visit! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:41:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ezskins.com Really good screensavers written in OpenGL. The site is clean and downloadable files are all malware free. Site is non commercial; made by a hobbyist. McAfee AV triggers a false alarm for some files. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:47:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=reallyslick.com A few files for download are bundles with adware and/or install search toolbars. Site has a few links to known malicious websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:45:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=superscreensavers.com A lot of files on this site are bundled with spyware and adware, to pay for the "cost of creating screensavers", according to comments by the owner. Nothing dangerous, but the bundles are annoying. Many links on the site to other known dangerous websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=freehalloweenscreensavers.com A few files are infected with trojans! Scan downloaded files before use. Site also has links to other known malicious websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:13:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=freechristmassavers.com A lot of files on this site are bundled with spyware and adware, to pay for the "cost of creating screensavers", according to comments by the owner. Nothing dangerous, but the bundles are annoying. Many links on the site to other known dangerous websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:12:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=celebrityscreensavers.com A lot of files on this site are bundled with spyware and adware, to pay for the "cost of creating screensavers", according to comments by the owner. Nothing dangerous, but the bundles are annoying. Many links on the site to other known dangerous websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:11:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tnpsc.com Screensavers available for download are hosted on 3rd party websites, some of which are known distributors of adware/spyware. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:06:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=freescreensaversx.com Nearly all files on the website bundle some form of toolbar, adware and spyware variant. Site is infected with trojans, html exploits and has links to other known malicious websites. This site has a lot of visitors, unfortunately. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:03:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=appleblossomart.com Site has wallpapers/backgrounds for download which are INFESTED with with adware. While they won't do much permanent damage, it'll certainly slow down your PC and clunk up your browser and taskbar. Also links to many known malicious websites. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:57:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=scenicreflections.com Site has some OK downloads, but links to known malicious websites. The site also generates a LOT of popups which bypass standard browser filters. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:54:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=desktopexchange.com Most downloads on the site are safe. However, the site contains many links to other known dangerous websites, who may distribute viruses, adware etc. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:52:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wallpapersdirectory.com Site has links to known malicious websites and sends out SPAM emails. A lot of the downloads are infected with malware. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:51:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wallpapers.com Some downloads on the site are bundled with adware; in its defence however, it does mention the adware if you read the EULA. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:48:27 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=flash-screen.com Most of the site is clean, but there are links to known dangerous websites. Some files for download may bundle adware or nuisance utilities. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:46:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=free-wallpapers-free.com Sunon is a manufacturer of AC and DC fans, used for cooling applications in computers, power supplies, consumer electronics etc. Sleeve, ball bearing, maglev fans from 1cm to over 14cm. Also makes a few other accessories such as heatsinks. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:36:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sunon.com Site is home to the developers and community of the open source projects Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey, Camino, Sunbired etc. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mozilla.org Passmark is a software developer for windows/mac/linux - mainly PC troubleshooting, diagnostic and benchmarking applications. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:25:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=passmark.com Metaproducts develops internet and system utilites - download manager, offline browsing, system tray toolbars, shortcut managers, scrapbooking etc. Download Express is free for personal use. Site and software are clean, despite McAfee flagging it as yellow. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:24:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=metaproducts.com Site resells Symantec software, and claims to be a Symantec and Microsoft registered partner. The site and owner (http://johnscreeksoftware.com/) appear to be legitimate, and no reported malware/phishing scams. In any case, why not buy direct off the Symantec store? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nortonsoftwaredirect.com Site resells Symantec software, and claims to be a Symantec and Microsoft registered partner. The site and owner (http://johnscreeksoftware.com/) appear to be legitimate, and no reported malware/phishing scams. In any case, why not buy direct off the Symantec store? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:04:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nortons.com Search engine by Microsoft. Web search, images, news, videos, maps etc. Site is safe, but no guarantees about the search results. Visit sites at own risk, as with any search engine. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:33:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=live.com Distributes the rogue/fake program antivirus 2009. Misleads users into thinking they are infected by spyware. Hard to remove. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:31:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antivirusfree-scan.com Site distributes the rogue/fake antivirus 2009 program which misleads users into thinking they have a spyware infection. Hard to remove. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:29:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pcantivirusscan.com Domain used to distribute rogue anti-spyware applications. It has since expired and is no a parked domain. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:29:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bestantispyware2008.com Video sharing site similar to youtube, but dedicated to cars. Videos, profiles, news, pictures etc. Also hosts all the episodes of fifth gear, top gear and all its spin-offs. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:24:51 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=streetfire.net Fan site dedicated to fifth gear, top gear, and all its spin-offs (aus, us, russia). News, episode listings, torrents, videos. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:23:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=finalgear.com Software download website - site is clean, and most files are malware free. There may be 1 or 2 files which are ad-supported, but nothing hosted on the site which will cause major problems. As always, download with care, regardless of website. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:53:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tucows.com Software download website. Site used to host malware infested files but cleaned up after McAfee's Siteadvisor flagged it as red. Most downloads now are clean, but some ad-supported programs are still available. Be careful what you download! Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:51:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=brothersoft.com Software download website. Files are malware free and tested by the staff before listing. Threats detected by Norton are probably false alarms, or security tools flagged as malicious (as would be if used inappropriately). Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:48:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=snapfiles.com Status, updates and news page for Dreamhost (Web Hosting Provider based in the US). Articles are open to public comments which may possibly attract spambots. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:49:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dreamhoststatus.com US Based Web Hosting providing cheap as chips plans offering REAL unlimited disk space and bandwidth. Popular hosts with hundreds of thousands of sites hosted. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:47:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dreamhost.com Warning: Adult Content. Site contains drive by downloads, hard to uninstall malware, links to other known dangerous sites. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:33:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dadmonster.com Australian manufacturer producing and exporting telecoms and data accessories - telephone cables, RJx Plugs, Cat5E/6 cable, alarm and speaker cable, power supplies, coaxial plugs, crimping tools etc. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:26:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=accesscomms.com.au Site offer screensavers infested with adware bundles. Some files contain generic trojan droppers. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:19:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=beautyscreens.com This site is EXTREMELY BAD! Files are infested with multiple adware and spyware variants, sends SPAM e-mails, hundreds of pop-up ads, contains a phishing scam and actively seeks to exploit your browser! Never visit this site! Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:18:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=screensaver.com Site is full of files infested with trojan horses - Trojan.BAT.StartPage.ab, Generic.Startpage etc Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wallpaperscreensavers.net Some of the screensavers are bundled with hard to remove adware + TROJAN HORSES! Site also send SPAM e-mails. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:14:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=screensavershot.com Offers screensaver. Some files are bundled with hard to remove adware. Excessive popups, sends out SPAM e-mails.. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:13:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=elitesavers.com Site contains hundred of screensaver downloads, all of which are bundled with adware. Site attempts to hijack browser, has links to other known dangerous sites and has excessive popups. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:10:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aaascreensavers.com Site offers screensavers, bundled with adware. Installation of adware is "supposedly" optional during install. Site has links to other dangerous websites. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:08:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=acez.com Site offers screensavers bundled with Adware - bonzibuddy, favoriteman etc Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:06:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=8screensavers.com Popular site dedicated to humor/comedy. Videos, pictures, articles, hot girls, CHTV professionally made videos, home to the CHTV (Jake and Amir) MTV Show. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:56:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=collegehumor.com Manufacturer of computer parts and accessories - overclocking/standard/server RAM, USB Flash Drives, Power Supplies, Heatsinks, DIY Notebooks, 2.5" SSDs. Orientated towards the computer enthusiast. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:52:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ocz.com Manufacturer of computer parts and accessories - overclocking/standard/server RAM, USB Flash Drives, Power Supplies, Liquid Cooling Systems, Heatsinks. Orientated towards the computer enthusiast. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:49:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=corsair.com Home page of the Australian based international air freight courier AAE. Site offers corporate overview, shipping and packaging info, parcel track n trace, products and services. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:45:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aae.com.au Free media jukebox/player application - alternative to iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. Free and Paying version available, with extra features. Software and site are malware free. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:40:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mediamonkey.com Distributes rogue antispyware which is hard to remove and misleads users into thinking they are infected with malware. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:24:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=innovative2000.com Symantec's Norton Challenge website for Australia - $20/30/40 cashback on Norton products. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:20:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=takethenortonchallenge.com Retailer of IT products to consumers and corporate. This is their online store - they have bricks and mortar stores in Australia. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:13:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=harristechnology.com.au Distributes Antivirus 2009, a rogue program that misleads users into thinking they are infected with spyware. Hard to remove, tray icon, popup alerts, often installed alongside other trojans, zlob, rootkits etc. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:06:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antivirus-plus-2009.com Distributes rogue (fake) anti-spyware applications which mislead users. The lack of a doman/URL should be an obvious warning. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:04:57 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=89.238.137.75 Contains downloads classified as ad-ware, viruses and other hard to remove malware. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:03:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=netpumper.com Rip-off of the firefox browsers website. Distributes rogue anti-spyware application, which produces misleading results and is hard to remove. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:02:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=onlinesecurity-scanner.com Distributes hard to remove fake anti-spyware software. Misleads users into thinking they are infected. Popup alerts, tray icons, often installed alongside other trojans, viruses, rootkits etc, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:01:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antivirus-computer-scan.com Promotes fake anti-malware software, which misleads users into thinking they have infections. Popup alerts, tray icon, hard to remove from PC. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:56:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=proantispyware-scanner.com Website has drive by downloads/browser hijacker. Promotes fake/misleading security software. Installed malware is very hard to remove. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:53:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=powerfulvirusremover2008.com Site hijacks your browser. Promotes the fake security app Antivirus2009 which misleads users into thinking they have spyware. Very hard to remove, tray icon, popup alerts. AV09 is often installed alongside other trojans, viruses, rootkits etc. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:51:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=advancedscanner.com Very dangerous site - antivirus 2009, a new version of the notorious winantivirus2008. The software is fake and misleads users into thinking they have spyware infections. Often installed alongside trojans, viruses, rootkits, zlob. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:49:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pro-antivirus-scan.com Home to the open source programming IDE Netbeans, sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Works with many languages (python, java, c++ javascript, php etc). Free, no malware. Large user community, support, downloads on the website. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:46:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=netbeans.org Social networking website with millions of users. Myspace is prone to viruses and phishing scams so be careful which links you visit. The site has made significant steps to clean up though. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:41:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=myspace.com Social networking websites with millions of users worldwide. Facebook is prone to viruses and phishing scams, so be careful when you visit. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:40:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=facebook.com Home to CDBurnerXP, a free CD and DVD burning application for Windows written using the .NET Framework. No malware, toolbars or viruses on site. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:38:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cdburnerxp.se Home to the eclipse community - programming integrated development environment for Java, C++ etc. Community, wiki, faqs, download, forums etc. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:36:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=eclipse.org Home to projects focused on .NET Framework application development. #Develop IDE, CVS, USB and ZLIB libraries. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:35:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=icsharpcode.net Home to the opera web browser - one of the rivals to safari, internet explorer and firefox. Application and website are safe and malware free! Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:33:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=opera.com Allows you to search for torrents and it spiders/collates results from the most popular trackers on the internet. Site itself is safe, but the torrents for download may not be though. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:31:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=torrentz.com Torrent search engine and tracker - has now shut down voluntarily, NOT by court order or litigation. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:30:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=torrentspy.com Search engine - one of the older ones; though not as popular as live, yahoo and google. Site itself is safe, but no guarantees for the search results. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:28:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ask.com Search engine - images, videos, web. News, e-mail, weather, games etc. Safe, unless you click on a link to a malware infested website in the search results, but hardly lycos's fault now is it? Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:26:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lycos.com Makes an anti-malware tool for windows - free for personal use, or paid for commercial and/or extra features. Malware research lab. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:24:08 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=malwarebytes.org Portal for info on computers, electronics, audio etc. Site if frequently down, but appears safe. No ads/banners/toolbars etc. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:21:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oztecheducate.org Download site for software both free and commercial. Windows, mac, linux, mobile, pda etc. Software quality varies, but tested by the editors for viruses/malware. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:17:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=softpedia.com Largest software download website on the internet. Owned by cnet. Software quality is variable, but includes reviews by editors and users. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:15:41 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=download.com Download site for software - similar to download.com, softpedia etc. All software is tested and spyware/virus free. Offers a very nifty freeware tool that scans your PC for updates. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:14:36 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=filehippo.com Offers dynamic dns services for people hosting without static IP addresses, out-sourced DNS servers, web and mail redirects - the original dynamic dns service on the internet. Very Trustworthy. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:12:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dyndns.com Australian manufacturer of telecoms accessories - wall plates, cables, ADSL filters and splitters, central filters, ISDN, digital pair gain etc. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:16:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=c10.com.au Only distributor in Australia to specialize in ADSL equipment. Sells to retail and wholesale, online store and physical warehouse. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:15:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=cormain.com.au Australian ISP - awarded worst ISP by every computer magazine in Australia, most complained about ISP according to the Australian Telecommunications Ombudsman, last in every broadband survey conducted in Australia. Offers ADSL, ethernet and 56k dialup services, albeit with terrible reliability, speeds and non-existent customer service. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:10:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dodo.com.au Australian ISP - ADSL, SHDSL, 56k dialup, Ethernet, Fibre, Web hosting, SSL. Based in Western Australia - recently merged with iinet. Voted #1 in customer service in Australia. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:08:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=westnet.com.au Australian ISP based in WA. Ethernet, fibre, ADSL, SHDSL and 56k dial up services. Also offers VoIP. iinet owns a network of DSLAMS and city fibre loops but also leases backhaul capacity. Recently overtook Westnet (expansion). Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:06:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=iinet.com.au Australian manufacturer of power (electric and pneumatic) economy tools that retails exclusively through Bunnings Warehouse. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:03:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ozito.com.au Megastore selling hardware to consumers and trade. Home living, gardening, renovation, electrical, construction, plumbing, tools, raw materials. Cheap as chips prices and friendly staff. Website has a corporate FAQ, store info, specials. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:53:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bunnings.com.au Blog for pipe networks - details, pictures, video and press kits pertaining to PPC-1, fire optic submarine cable currently being constructed between Sydney and Guam. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:33:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pipeinternational.com Australian based telco - runs internet peering exchanges in most states, owns the PPC-1 submarine cable from Sydney to Guam, operates and builds fibre networks, leases dark fire to corporate customers. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:32:17 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pipenetworks.com Short films, amateur creations, videos etc. Similar to Youtube, but overall videos are of a higher calibre (quality). Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:25:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oftheworld.tv A smaller version of Cnet's Download.com. Software for Windows and Max, all are tested to be spyware and virus free. Servers in the US and Australia. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:23:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=majorgeeks.com Largest community of internet users in Australia - 1 in 20 people are members. Internet related news, ISP broadband plan index and search tools, user forums, wiki/FAQ database. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:21:12 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=whirlpool.net.au Safe. Unless of course, you click on a link to a malicious website, but that's not Google's fault. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:15:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=google.com.au Manufacturer of ADSL modems, router, switches, VPN appliances, VoIP solutions, CPE, 3G broadband routers, powerline networking. Site has corporate information, product catalogue, support, download area for manuals and firmware. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:11:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=billion.com Home to the very popular web comic Cyanide & Happiness. Site contains comic strips, merch store, blog. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:08:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=explosm.com Web hosting provider offering cheap hosting. Servers based in the US. Definitely safe - I am currently a customer of theirs. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:06:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=alloyhosting.com Viewsonic manufactures products for computer and home entertainment - LCD monitors, CRTs, LCD TVs, Projectors, Digital Photo Frames and miscellaneous computer peripherals. Site contains product info, support, downloads etc. This is there Australian website. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:02:47 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=viewsonic.com.au Viewsonic manufactures products for computer and home entertainment - LCD monitors, CRTs, LCD TVs, Projectors, Digital Photo Frames and miscellaneous computer peripherals. Site contains product info, support, downloads etc. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:02:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=viewsonic.com Home to the remote desktop tool RealVNC - one of the few commercially supported VNC editions. Remote desktop, chat, send files, share clipboards etc. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:57:59 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=realvnc.com Site has links to many other dangerous websites. Excessive popups, and many downloadable files are infected with viruses, trojans and adware. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:06:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=keygen.ws Australia based online store, selling computer hardware and software. Winner of the PC Authority Retailer of the Year aware for 2006 and 2007. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:04:20 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pluscorp.com.au Online store selling computer hardware and software, networking hardware, writable media, and printer inks/toner. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:19:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=techbuy.com.au Australian online retailer of surplus electronics, second hand test equipment + some random kits. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:17:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=oatleyelectronics.com Online site hosting many hundreds of free/open source audio and video CODECs, plus management utilities. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:33:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=free-codecs.com Redirects to Yahoo! Kids. Games, music, movies, sports, jokes for kids. Portal to other websites and Yahoo services. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:31:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=yahooligans.com Online website of electronics retailer Jaycar. Based in Aus, New Zealand and America. This is the NZ website. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:28:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=jaycar.co.nz Online store of Dick Smith Electronics - mainly based in Australia, New Zealand, and it has a few regional stores in America and China. Sells consumer electronics, computers, gaming consoles, audio visual, tools, some electronic components, This is DSE's New Zealand website. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:27:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dse.co.nz This site was listed on Norton SafeWeb's Community Buzz front page. Screenshot/thumbnail and the google description seems to indicate teen sex/child porn!. Highly illegal in nearly all countries! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:22:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=seenymphets.biz Appears to be a website promoting the model train hobby. The exploit flagged by Norton may/may not be a false alarm. Checked on 18/9/08 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:18:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=railserve.com Hi-jacks your clipboard! Site installs the fake antivirus application Antivirus2009. It reports nonexistent security problems and scams you into buying it. ALSO, many malicious websites are hosting flash advertisements that redirects to this site. Possibly also installs trojans. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:14:58 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=windowsxp-privacy.net News portal based in the US. Website appears to be legitimate, but the servers may have been infected with malware. Site DOES NOT actively attempt to infect PCs with malware. Checked 18/9/08 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:07:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=newsmax.com Web site appears to be professional and legitimate. HOWEVER - it attempts to automatically download an unknown files, and run an activex component. Site is either a malware distributor in disguise, or a legitimate websites that has been infected. Checked 18/9/08 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:02:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=hambraconsulting.com Reported safe by Siteadvisor. No malware detected when run in a virtual machine by products from several different vendors. Multimedia intensive - many images, flash banners, embeded video players. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:58:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=spankon.com Looks like a legitimate website and comany. Company seems to make add-ins and extensions for Adobe Dreamweaver, Expression + CSS Templates. Red flagged by Norton, but McAfee Siteadvisor gives it the OK. Checked 18/9/08 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:52:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=webassist.com Home to the very popular web comic Cyanide & Happiness. Site contains comic strips, merch store, blog. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:06:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=explosm.net Website is crawling with malware. Site has many popups, phishing/identity scams, attempts to hijack your browser, and hosts hundreds of spyware, adware and trojan applications. DO NOT VISIT! Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:47:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=spy-shredder.com Distributes to rogue security application AntiSpyCheck - known to Symantec, and nearly all anti-malware vendors as malware. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:45:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=antispychecker.com Service run by McAfee similar to Norton Safe Web. Tests web sites for problems, and allows suers to write reviews. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=siteadvisor.com Calidad is an Australian manufacturer of refill products for inkjet and laser printers. They also make photo papers. Some products retail in other asia pacific countries. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:32:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=calidad.com.au Online thesaurus - look up synonyms to words. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:28:54 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thesaurus.com Free online dictionary, with pronunciations available (sound). Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:27:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dictionary.com Online store of Officeworks - retailer of office furniture, snacks, stationery, computers, software, writable media, peripherals. Also runs printing centers. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=officeworks.com.au Online shopping comparison engine - indexes hundred of online stores. Covers areas such as computers, electronics, toys, clothes, software and so on. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:22:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=myshopping.com.au Popular bittorrent search engine - hgih number of users. Site is clean, despite all the rumor-mongering by the media/anti-piracy "organisations". Individual torrents themselves may contain malware, but that's not the websites fault - its only a search engine. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:20:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mininova.org Very high profile bittorrent search engine - high number of users. Site is 100% clean, despite all the rumor-mongering by the media/anti-piracy "organisations". Individual torrents themselves may contain malware, but that's not the websites fault - its only a search engine. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:18:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=isohunt.com Very high profile bittorrent search engine - millions of users. Site is in Swedish, but you can change the language to anything you prefer. Site is 100% clean, despite all the rumor-mongering by the media/anti-piracy "organisations". Individual torrents themselves may contain malware, but that's not the websites fault - its only a search engine. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:17:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=thepiratebay.org Shopping comparison search engine - indexes prices from hundreds of online stores. Mainly computer hardware, consumer electronics, appliances and some beauty/health products. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:13:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=shopbot.com.au Second CPU maker in the world... never had problems with the site. Also makes chipsets, and owns ATI graphics. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:10:40 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=amd.com Search engine and news portal (finance, news, sport, entertainment etc) run by Microsoft. Safe, unless navigate to an infected website, but that;'s hardly MSN.com's fault. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:07:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=msn.com Free service that allows users to upload files, to be scanned by over 18+ antivirus scanners for analysis. A good addition to your own anti-virus arsenal. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:19:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=jotti.org Free service that allows users to upload files, to be scanned by over 20+ antivirus scanners for analysis. A good addition to your own anti-virus arsenal. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:17:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=virustotal.com Online computer hardware store based in Victoria, Australia. Cheap prices, and fast delivery + good customer service. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:38:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pccasegear.com Service run by NSW (Aus) Government - Transport Infoline. Research and plan trips on bus, train, and ferry services. Find timetables, maps, route numbers, school bus information. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:35:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=131500.com.au Web page for Mitre 10 - a chain of hardware stores in Australia. Site consists of catalogues, product listings and contact/store finder. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:33:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mitre10.com.au This website is a joke (novelty). The website consists of one page, with the word "Something" up the top right. The "content" is a play on the websites URL. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:29:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=something.com This website was created as a novelty by J Jacques (author) to supplement the web comic Questionable Content. The site has no content whatsoever, besides the front page. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:27:44 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=vespavenger.com Australian based company that designs and manufacturers networking hardware - routers, switches, servers, PoE, ADSL 2+ modems, NextG routers, WiFi amplifiers, wireless hotspots, 56K modems etc. Mainly product info, downloads, FAQ, support. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:18:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=netcomm.com.au Online site of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper (Australia). Reports on news, sport, finance, tech, travel, blogs etc. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:11:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=smh.com.au Australian homepage for Acer - computer systems builder for desktops,laptops, projectors and a few other peripherals/consumer devices. Retail and corporate. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:07:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=acer.com.au Provides study notes, guides, revision help for high school and college students. Many topics available; site specialises in English Shakespeare. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:04:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sparknotes.com Some of the serials work, but... Site SPAMS e-mail addresses, attempts to hijack browser, attempts to drive by download infect your PC, many cracks are infected with trojans, worms, backdoors, multiple popups, phishing scams. DO NOT VISIT! Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:14:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=serials.ws Serial/crack warez website. Attempts to hijack browser, change windows settings, drive by downloads, many "cracks" are infected with trojans, attempts to create a backdoor on your PC, multiple popups. DO NOT VISIT! UNSAFE! Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:11:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=crack.ms Home to the web comic Dark and Pink. Site is a new venture, by an established media company based in Canada. Medium traffic/popularity. Most likely safe. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:07:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=darkandpink.com Home to the very popular web comic XKCD. The site is clean. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:05:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=xkcd.com Home to the very popular web comic Questionable Content. The site actually contains NO inappropriate content at all (porn, racism, terrorism, warez), the name is just a pun. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:04:32 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=questionablecontent.net Home page of RARlab - developers of WinRAR, a multi-platform file compression utility. The program and developer are very reputable, and are the main competitors to WinZip. Software is offered as a 40-day trial, then has registration nags afterwards. Program is 100% clean. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:00:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=rarlab.com Home to the LOLCODE programming language - designed to resemble the speech of lolcats (internet meme). A novelty programming language which is gaining in popularity. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:53:34 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lolcode.com Home page for httrack - software that allows you to save a website for offline viewing - handles multimedia content, as well as html and text. Powerful, with many configurable options and content filters. Software is 100% clean. GPL and freeware. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:49:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=httrack.com Maker of GPU's. One of the most popular choices for gamers/CAD/home theatre enthusiasts. Site has support, product info for personal/business, driver downloads. Software is 100% clean and Microsoft WHQL certified (for the drivers). Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:45:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nvidia.com Website of well known manufacturer of computer peripherals and some consumer electronics - wires and wireless keyboards and mice, computer speakers, webcams, ipod speakers and so on. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:27:02 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=logitech.com Online community/portal and hosting provider for hundred and thousands of open source projects. Website is 100% trusted, although the validity of applications will have to be checked individually. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:24:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sourceforge.net Develops the highly reputed anti-adware/malware tool Ad-Aware 2008, and some other smaller applications - firewall, personal history shredders etc. Software is available as trialware, and is 100% clean. Ad-aware is free for personal use. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:56 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lavasoft.de Web site of software developer that makes tools for Windows administration - remote control over LAN/internet, VNC navigator, outlook utilities, and more. Software is available on a trialware basis, and is 100% clean. NOTE! Software has the capability to be used maliciously. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:07:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=intelliadmin.com Web site of farnell - home page is a portal that redirects to a local site, based on the users locale. Farnell is a major distributor of electronic components and limited electrical white goods worldwide. Mostly wholesale, but does some retail. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:18:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=farnellinone.com.au Iroda is a manufacturer of hardware tools - butane blowtorches, portable soldering irons, hot air blowers, butane cartridges etc. Probably unlikely to harm your PC. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:15:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pro-iroda.com Major PC manufacturer - laptops, dekstops, entertainment centers, servers, switches, routers, printers, LCD monitors, speakers. Main rival of HP. Site is safe - online store, product info, help & support. This is the Australian version of their website. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:48:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dell.com.au Major PC manufacturer - laptops, dekstops, entertainment centers, servers, switches, routers, printers, LCD monitors, speakers. Main rival of HP. Site is safe - online store, product info, help & support. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:47:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dell.com Home page for the P2P file sharing application Limewire. Actual program and website are 100% clean and legal, though files you download using Limewire are AT YOUR OWN RISK. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:45:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=limewire.com Online website of MWS. Site is meant to have product info, contact details, online store, about us etc. Site is broken and missing images. Is safe though. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:32:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=musicworkshopsydney.com Website of TMC - music store that sells instruments, and hires out PA gear. Serves consumers, schools and corporate. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:26:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=turramusic.com.au Largest seller and hirer of professional audio, video and lighting products in Australia. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:25:00 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=lightsounds.com Home of the foobar2000 media player - alternative to WMP, iTunes, WinAMP etc. Designed to be free, simple UI, lightweight. App is clean. Site has a few ads. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:22:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=foobar2000.org Personal blog for marijn. Also home for the application FLV Player. Both are clean. FLV Player is trusted and widely used. Also listed on CNET's download.com Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:19:22 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=martijndevisser.com Online community/portal and hosting provider for hundred and thousands of open source projects. Website is 100% trusted, although the validity of applications will have to be checked individually. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:17:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sourceforge.com Website for Fair Use Wizard - DVD Ripping application. Application is clean. Website looks pretty crappy, but is safe. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:16:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=fairusewizard.com Elcomsoft develops "security software." Its products are mainly for cracking passwords (legally) for word documents, encrypted files, PDFs, windows passwords, zip/rar archives, PGP keys etc. Software is 100% clean and legal. A lot of security applications will red flag the apps though, as they can be used for malicious purposes, in the wrong hands. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:01:20 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=elcomsoft.com Web site for the DivX codec - where the movie download phenomonon started. Application is shareware - feature restricted, but a paid version is available. Site is clean, as are downloads. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:59:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=divx.com Daemon Tools is an emulation program for disk images. Some of their products install toolbars, and come bundled with advertising software, changes to your home page. There is a crap-free basic version available. The official distribution website for Daemon Tools is flagged by Mcafee SiteAdvisor as suspect. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:57:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=daemon-tools.cc Website for Creative - large company that makes PC hardware such as sound cards, audio emulation software, speakers, headphones, MP3 players, mice, modems, keyboards, webcams. Site contains product info, online store, help & support. Also develops products for pro-audio market under the "E-MU" brand. Home of the X-Fi. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:54:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=creative.com Coffeecup develops applications for web publications - HTML editors, banner makers, button makers, FTP apps, compression softwate, search engine optimization etc. Products are trialware, and 100% clean. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:51:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=coffeecup.com Portableapps.com - where the portable application craze started. Developed by John T Haller. All applications offered are "portable" ports, which allow the software run off a USB Flash Disk or had disk, without installation on the host PC. All apps available are open source, and 100% clean. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:50:11 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=portableapps.com Windows port of the Clam Antivirus Project - free and open source. ClamWin is rather slow at scanning, and has average removal/detection, but it is FREE, and can run portably off a USB flash disk. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:48:35 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=clamwin.com Makes antivirus, firewall and antirootkit software. Also develops the Free AVG Antivirus product. 100% trustworthy company and site. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:46:07 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=grisoft.com Makes security software for home and corporate customers - AV, antispyware + partner programs. Also develops SiteAdvisor - Norton SafeWeb's main rival. 100% trustworthy company and products. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:44:05 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=mcafee.com Home page of Trend Micro - Security software for home pc's and enterprise customers. 100% Trustworthy company and products. HOWEVER, site has been hacked a few times in the past, but was promptly dealt with. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:42:48 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=trendmicro.com Makes the award winning free Avira antivirus for home pcs, servers, gateways, proxies, and Linux boxes. Also makes anti-rootkit products, firewall and a few other tools. 100% trustworthy company and website. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:41:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=avira.com German software developer - makes a wide range of products: cd burning, AV editing, cd ripping, office suite, security, system optimization etc. Some very good products, all are clean. (trialware, clearly stated). Ashampoo does send out e-mails, which some consider spam, due to the amount sent per week. Company otherwise has a very good reputation - listed on CNET's download.com, software distributed by many PC magazin cover disks. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:38:30 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ashampoo.com Website for Anyplace Control - computer remote control software, over LAN and internet. Mostly corporate customers. Most probably safe. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:23:52 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=anyplace-control.com Large developer of software for web, publishing, digital media. Makes well known apps such as Acrobat, Flash, Shockwave, Dreamweaver, Premiere. 100% trusted. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:22:19 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=adobe.com AC3Filter is a codec for playing movies with audio encoded as AC3. Freeware, clean. Hosted on sourceforge. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:20:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ac3filter.net Home page for Aprelium/Abyss web server. Alternative web server for those who want something easy to use and lightweight, unlike Microsoft IIS and Apache. Comes in free and paid version. Free software is "freeware", and is clean. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:19:38 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=aprelium.com Develops desktop search software - mainly for enterprise. Used to partner with Yahoo, and used to offer a consumer targeted line of products. Its downloadable software and documentation is trialware, and safe. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:17:14 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=x1.com Home page for Raxco - a well known company that makes disk defragmentation software for PCs, servers, virtual machines. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:15:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=raxco.com Website for Apple Computer Corp - product info, support, downloads, online store. Site is 100% SAFE, but has been known to crash some browsers (some users with IE & Firefox), because it is media intensive. (Flash content, javascript, quicktime streaming) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:14:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=apple.com Official blog of Folding@Home - a research project into protein folding for Standford University. A very noble cause to donate CPU time to. Site is 100% safe. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:10:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=folding.typepad.com Installs a trojan which will install/bag you to purchase Antivirus XP 2008 - ineffective AV solutions, which is a waste of money. Purchasing the app is no guarantee that the trojan and nag screens will be removed. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:09:01 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=supersolution-antivirus.com Email service offered by Microsoft/MSN/Windows Live. One of the older and popular services around, though losing out to GMail. Site may feel bloated to some, and has advertisements - it is a FREE service though. Safe, unless you open a malicious e-mail, but that's hardly Hotmail's fault. It does have AV scanning, which should catch most nasties anyway. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:04:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=hotmail.com One of the best free e-mail services offered by Google. 5GB+ of storage, spam filtering etc. Safe, unless you open a malicious e-mail, but Google's anti-virus scanners are pretty good. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:02:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=gmail.com Yahoo search engine. Safe, unless you click on a malicious link, but that's not Yahoo's fault. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=yahoo.com Australian homepage for Yahoo7! - partnership between Yahoo and Channel 7. Email, search engine, tv guide, news, media, blogs, photos, weather etc. All-in-one portal. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:59:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=yahoo.com.au Safe. Unless of course, you click on a link to a malicious website, but that's not Google's fault. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:58:24 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=google.com International home page, support, faq, downloads, product info for TP-Link. Small-ish manufacturer of networking hardware - mainly china, aus, nz and some markets in america. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:18:45 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tp-link.com World's biggest and best free encyclopaedia - that anyone can edit! Rapidly expanding in content. Most probably safe - it hasn't had any major mishaps. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:16:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wikipedia.org Selective high school based in Sydney, Australia. This is their website. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:14:55 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=baulkhamhillshighschool.com.au Video portal, kind of like Youtube, but in chinese. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:35:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=56.com Real network's real player home page. Mixed reputation among people - some believe it is spyware/bloatware, but they have cleand up. Nothing major, either way Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:34:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=real.com Website of Western Digital - main rival to Seagate. Online store, help, customer service, product information. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:32:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=westerndigital.com Website of Western Digital - main rival to Seagate. Online store, help, customer service, product information. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:32:06 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=wdc.com WS for openoffice.org comunity - develops a free open source alternative to Microsoft Office. Very high profile and trusted. Used by millions of people + businesses. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:29:09 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=openoffice.org Crack/warez site. They "appear" to have cleaned up their act, with a much nicer homepage, but most links are still duds. Site is popup/ad hell. Used to be populated with porn links, downloader trojans and toolbars. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:27:28 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=freeserials.com Home page for Nero AG - they make optical disc burning software, utilities, media centre apps, AV editing, backup, AV codecs. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:25:18 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=nero.com Alwil software home page - makes antivirus/antispyware for consumers and corporate. Free and paid. Mac, Linux and Windows. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:23:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=avast.com Homepage for threatfire - heuristics security software for PCs. Developed by PCTools, which is now owned by Symantec, so most definitely safe. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:22:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=threatfire.com If this site goes down with malware, we're all royally screwed, seeing as most people use Microsoft/Windows on their computers. Having said that, I don't think Microsoft website has ever been hacked/been offline. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:21:33 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=microsoft.com Site is supposed to provide cracks, serials etc for pirating software. About 25% of the downloads work - the rest are all backdoors, trojans, dialers, viruses. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:20:03 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=seriall.com Safe. Your reading this from safeweb.norton.com Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:18:23 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=norton.com SanDisk make USB Flash sticks, MP3 players, Cases, memory card readers, memory cards Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:17:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sandisk.com Aus website for Canon - does it need any further introduction? Printers, scanners, camera, multifunctions, inks, paper, video camcorders etc Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:15:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=canon.com.au Web site for Silicon Chip - only electronics magazine/publication left in the southern hemisphere. Letters to the editor, guest columns, electronics projects, reviews, serviceman's notebook, ad directory. SC is available both online and in soft cover, so i doubt a book publisher is in the malware biz. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:13:29 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=siliconchip.com.au Site dedicated to PC power supply reviews - also has links to other products, news etc. Mostly safe, unless one of the news links points to another website which has been hacked. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:11:04 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=jonnyguru.com Considered as THE authority on silent computing. Site is well established and has a good reputation. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:08:49 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=silentpcreview.com Sony's Australian web site. Probably safe, but considering their rootkit fiascos... :D Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:07:50 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=sony.com.au Site of CCleaner- very well known junk cleaner, registry fixer and privacy tool. Listed on Download.com Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:06:13 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ccleaner.com Website for the excellent award winning anti-spyware tool Spybot Search & Destroy. (and also several other useful utilities) #11 on CNET's Download.com Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:04:21 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=safer-networking.org Largest CPU maker in the world... never had problems with the site. Also makes motherboards, chipsets, network cards etc. Site contains product info, educational content, technical manuals and so on. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:02:10 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=intel.com Home page of bit-torrent client Bitcomet. Used to be good, but is now riddled with bloatware - toolbars, advertising, home page changes etc. Its not "malware" as such, as it asks for permission, and you can disable the ads, but it's certainly very annoying. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:01:15 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=bitcomet.com Home page for the awesome and free (open-source) Truecrypt software. Whole disk encryption, plausible deniability. One of the main rivals to PGP. Being a security software vendor, (hopefully) secure. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:59:26 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=truecrypt.org Website for Firefox, the web's 2nd most popular browser. Open source, and free. Does it get any better? Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:54:43 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=firefox.com Site owned by Usov Lab - they make file sync/backup software. There program seemed clean when I tried it out. Site is clean. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:52:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=allwaysync.com Software company based in US, i think. Makes the app "GoodSync" - file synchronization and backup. No malware - use it myself, as with a lot of other people. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:51:46 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=goodsync.com Large company based in Australia. Sells retail and distributes wholesale - electronics, audio visual gear, computer hardware, kits, gadgets and pro-audio equipment. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:49:25 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=altronics.com.au Online website of electronics retailer Jaycar. Based in Aus, New Zealand and America. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:47:31 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=jaycar.com.au Online store of Dick Smith Electronics - mainly based in Australia, New Zealand, and it has a few regional stores in America and China. Sells consumer electronics, computers, gaming consoles, audio visual, tools, some electronic components, Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:46:39 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=dse.com.au Home page of ISP Internode. Based in Adelaide, SA. Hundred of thousands of users, and in Top 10 ISPs in australia. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:44:53 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=internode.com.au Home page of Australian ISP TPG Soul. Site is most probably trustworthy - hundred of thousands of users, and in the Top 10 ISPs in oz. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:43:42 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=tpg.com.au The (dull) homepage of Australian ISP IDXNet Computing. Nothing much on their website anyway - mostly text. The links on main page are news feeds. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:42:37 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=idx.com.au Website of an Australian based security company. Makes the very well known "Spyware Doctor" product. Now owned by Symantec... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:41:16 +0000 http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=pctools.com