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How to permit the McAfee WebAdvisor toolbar add-on in Browser?

by Maria William Software Developer

McAfee WebAdvisor, previously known as SiteAdvisor, is one of the products that users need on a daily basis. Since people around the world are connected to the internet and there are countless unsafe websites one may randomly surf. Hovering over some unauthorized websites or downloading files/ software from unknown sources could lead to a big loss. Plus, this loss could be of reputational detriments, financial or monetary cost, or even sophisticated data loss.

It is definite that you must not want to be one of the victims of cybercrime and to make sure you do not expose any of your data, it is suggested to get McAfee activate on your preferred device. Once you install and activate the product, the security software starts analyzing all the ongoing activities to keep its security check.

While you surf the internet, you may get directed to a site fully infected and just by visitng on such a page, you may encounter crashing of programs running on your computer or phone. It is better to take precaution with McAfee WebAdvisor, which helps you identify unsafe online sources or downloads.

Find the instructions below to configure a web browser to permit third-party browser extensions to be installed, and allowthe SiteAdvisor toolbar add-on.

Please note that the steps may differ depending on the browser and its version.

      1.       Launch an updated web browser and go to mcafee.com/activate

       2.       Log in to your account using the credential associated with your McAfee account

·         Create an account if you are a new user

·         Purchase the product to proceed with the steps below

       3.       Click Tools and go to the Options section

       4.       In the Advanced segment, under ‘Browsing’ and then select the third-party browser extensions

        5.       Permit the choice and complete the setting change by on OK

        6.       Select Tools then go to Manage Add-ons

         7.       Choose Toolbars and Extensions

         8.       Locate and select McAfee SiteAdvisor or WebAdviser, now click Enable

·         Also EnableMcAfee SiteAdvisor BHO

          9.       Click Close to complete the process

You have now successfully maintained you protection level by making the required changes in the web browser. Now you will receive alerts and warning instantly when you land on any malicious page so you to take the security measures against it. 


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About Maria William Advanced   Software Developer

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Created on Jul 21st 2018 05:11. Viewed 350 times.

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