Lisense agreement...

Pros: This works, and it has decent interface, and always a bonus... its free.

Cons: Sends up alot of flags with EULAnalyzer, and after reading i found out why. It tracks what you download, so that it can give you avertisments, while it says that it doesn't sell your information, it hints at it. plus it makes indecations that it will send you emails. and its kinda funny how it lists programs that claim its spyware free, alot of the programs listed are known for their own avertising, or don't scan tracing cookies. for this, it only gets a 3 star rating, it works. but you might get more then you asked for.

Posted: 15-Feb-2006 08:34:12 PM

Its STILL internet explorer

Pros: I like the interface, its great that the package includes skins.

Speed is good.

Helluva lot better then normal IE

almost all of these features can be gotten for firefox through extensions...

Cons: Lets break it down.

Avant is what is called an IE shell.

An IE shell is just a package that adds more features to your IE

Why is IE so bad you ask?

IE has a poor rendering engine(its why its fast, this engine makes it harder for website developers and makes it impossible to read some sites fully) and even though avant covers ActiveX/Javascript(which aren't active as a default) controls when a new weakness appears in IE(as it always does) your broswer is still at risk, and your still at risk against Spyware.

although its alot better then just normal IE Firefox/Opera are more secure, and since with firefox you can get all of the same features(and more) and its a open-source project..

In the end Opera and Firefox are still king, and Avant is just a shiny peice of software.

Posted: 09-May-2006 08:37:46 PM

Still Great extension.

Pros: It is still a great extension, although it seems to maintain the same problems as the first.

SiteAdvisor is still clear and easy to understand, green for good and red for bad.

Doesn't affect your browser in any noticable way either.

Cons: Watch how you look at the results, they seem to only scan the downloads that are submitted by users (not sure on that.)

On a more personal note i'm kinda depressed to see SiteAdvisor swallowed up by Mcafee.

Posted: 06-Jun-2006 11:21:47 PM