How would you know whether a site contains virus or not?

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December 27, 2006 1:09pm CST
While you are surfing on the net and you go to an unknown site how can you detect whether it contains virus or not before the virus affects your pc.
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Lasha73
@Lasha73 (48)
• United States
27 Dec 06
If you use IE or Firefox download a add-on called SiteAdvisor. It tells you if a site not good or not. If you want to the reviews of the site go to view site details and it would show the reviews.
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tmansoor0
@tmansoor0 (206)
• Qatar
27 Dec 06
Hi there. Thank you for your valuable information. Most of the time, these facilities are available with our system but due to our unawareness we are not able to use it to the maximum
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Gabs
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
27 Dec 06
The Antivirus that I use pops up straight away to let me know a virus is trying to enter my Computer that is how I know on mine
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tmansoor0
@tmansoor0 (206)
• Qatar
27 Dec 06
Hi there, thanks for your reply. Which antivirus, antispyware are u using.
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nathanz
@nathanz (255)
• India
28 Dec 06
use firewall the n virus won affect
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tmansoor0
@tmansoor0 (206)
• Qatar
27 Dec 06
Well if your antivirus and your anti spyware are of good quality, and you are having the latest updates installed, then your anti virus or your anti spyware will detect it immediately and a pop up message will come on screen. Sometimes they may not even allow you to access the site.
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xXmeganxX
@xXmeganxX (4421)
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27 Dec 06
wow i didn't know some antivirus software even done that! does anybody know if mcafee would warn you and pop up if a site was harmful because mine doesn't. if you do can somebody please tell me how to change my settings so that it will that's if it exists on mcafee.
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