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Safe search + icon editors    [ Software ]

So I wanted to find a decent freeware icon editor for Windows, one that wouldn't come bundled with spyware. I had seen some links to Scandoo before, so I thought I'd try that out. Works pretty well! It acts as a front-end to Google search, flagging potentially harmful destination links with a red X and "safe" links with a green checkmark. See the results below:

It's similar to McAfee's SiteAdvisor in that regard.

You can customize what sorts of content to flag (gambling, sports, illegal activities) including unclassified content, which can be helpful for new, as-yet-uncategorized sites. Plus they've got various search and toolbar plugins for Firefox and IE, as well as the Google Toolbar.

More information:

Search with Gridwell, Scandoo, and Zeedex - from solutionwatch.com

Google Sounds Silent Alarm - from about.com