[Turbopilot]

There's a neat utility called SiteAdvisor by McAfee (the antivirus folks) that tries to solve just this problem. It runs as an extension to your web browser and has two functions. When you run a search, SiteAdvisor will insert an icon by each search result - green if the site is okay, yellow or red if there is something to be wary of. You can mouse over the icon to get more details about a potential problem without loading the link. Here's a sample screenshot:

The software also inserts an icon in your toolbar showing the status of the page you're currently on.:

It's available for free download at http://www.siteadvisor.com for Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers.

[cloud8]

> It's available for free download at http://www.siteadvisor.com for Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers.

Thanks for the tip. $69.99 will get you the heavy protection of Norton Internet Security 2006.