Placing the cursor over an icon displays a safety balloon that summarizes the safety report for
a site. Click More Info or a report link for a detailed safety report.
Using site safety balloons
Use this task to view additional information available through a site’s safety icon listed in a
search results page.
Task
1
Hold the cursor over the site’s safety icon. A safety balloon displays a high-level summary
of the site’s safety report.
2
Click a safety report link or the More info link in the safety balloon to view details of the
site's safety report.
SiteAdvisor menu protects while browsing
When users browse to a website, a color-coded menu button appears in the top-left corner of
the window. The color of the button corresponds to the site’s safety rating. Placing the cursor
over this button displays a safety balloon that summarizes the safety report for the site, with
a link to the detailed site report page. The menu button next to the icon displays the SiteAdvisor
menu.
Indicates this...
With this color
and symbol...
This button...
The site is safe.
Green, checkmark
There might be some issues with the site.
Yellow, exclamation
point
There might be some serious issues with the site.
Red, x
No rating is available for the site.
Gray, question
mark
A communication error occurred with the SiteAdvisor website that
contains rating information.
Gray, disconnected
cables
Client settings that affect the SiteAdvisor menu button
• When SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus is disabled, the menu button is gray with a question mark.
• When event tracking is disabled for specific sites in the Authorize List or in the Event Tracking
policy, the menu button is gray with a question mark while visiting the sites.
• When a communication error occurs with the SiteAdvisor server, the menu button is gray
with disconnected cables.
• In Internet Explorer, users can display or hide the menu button by using the View |
Toolbars | McAfee SiteAdvisor menu option. This does not affect the functional status
(enabled or disabled) of the SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus client software.
NOTE:
Firefox users cannot hide the menu button while SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus is enabled.
Introducing SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus
SiteAdvisor menu protects while browsing
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McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus 3.0 Product Guide
