Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Justin on Aug. 22, 2011 ·

I found a "trojan.agent", but just can't remember with which program. Even after using RevoUninstaller, I have three icons on the system tray saying that it's "enabled". The toolbar seems to have successfully removed from Firefox 6. The program that detected this was most likely one of the following: SuperAntiSpyware 5.0.1118 (most likely the program that made this detection/report), Malvwarebytes Antimalware 1.5.1.1800, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.1392 Free version, Lavasoft AdAware 9.0.7, Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2.46. If someone can demonstrate that this is a false positive, I'd be happy to consider it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by crisco44 on May 2, 2009 ·

Pros:
Nice clear display in Firefox of the owner of each link (when known).
Works reasonably well but ......

Cons:
Causes Firefox to hang when clicking certain links.
Causes Firefox to hang closing tabs.
Sometimes Firefox will load & shut down immediately.
Reports some sites at risk which are trustworthy. (see ben101 review for full reason)
Poor support.
Reported discrepancies are not rectified.

Summary:
Had been wondering for some time why Firefox kept locking up when clicking certain links. Had to change the configuration settings so that links that opened in a new window opened in a new tab instead. Worked for that problem but then closing a tab for some sites would lock up Firefox completely and the last straw came when I upgraded to Firefox 3.0.10 and clicked the link within Firefox's own site to see the 'list of bug fixes' and Firefox hung yet again.
Disabling all the Add Ons and then enabling them one by one tracked the culprit to Callind ID.
I have now permanently removed CallingID from my system and all works well now with just Site Advisor (version 26.6 I hasten to add).
Also I contacted support about why some sites have a question mark but then clicking the link says the site is verified. This problem has never been resolved and my last email was completely ignored.
There was a form to fill in at the end of the un-installation process which asks why you uninstalled. Sending the form returned an error.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Pavlo-22 on April 20, 2009 ·

Heres the updated version:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ow4ynymvzqm

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Bruce Smith on Sept. 9, 2008 ·

Hasn't been updated since 2006-12-19, and is not compatible with current Thunderbird version 2.0.0.14.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by newbee on Oct. 31, 2007 ·

Come on give the thing a chance! They have a uninstaller now. Sometimes it takes a bit to get things right. I like it. Works good overall especially for a newby to computers like me.

Not yet rated

by TDurdne1937 on Oct. 1, 2007 ·

This misleading product invites the installation of a executable that does not include an uninstaller which implies malware. This requires the user to edit the registry to get rid of it.
All in all this is an extremely poorly devised and implemented concept which spells trouble for the user and reflects extremely poorly on the sponsoring company . . . very likely fraudulent in some way.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by ben101 on Aug. 9, 2007 ·

CallingID Link Advisor is an add-on that identifies the true address of a website, and displays information about the location, at which the site is maintained, by performing a quick who-is lookup. If it can't retrieve all the information, it considers that site unsafe. This add-on is helpful, to identify site spoofing, but just because a site keeps certain information about it secure, that doesn't make it unsafe at all. Plenty of sites such as mine (www.wehaveitall.net) keep their information secure, so the entire world doesn't see their address! This add-on deserves a 7. It helps you identify site spoofing, but it doesn't help you identify safe and unsafe websites at all, like it claims to do. Is it worth downloading? It depends. If you don't have the wot add-on, (www.mywot.com, or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456) or any other security things, then this is probably helpful, although, wot doesnt slow down your computer, and tells you what sites are truely safe and unsafe based on peoples experiences, and several automatic sources.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by Sudo on April 13, 2007 ·

Get McAfee Site Advisor instead. It\'s free, unobtrusive, doesn\'t affect speed, and it's very effective.\r\n\r\nI\'d highly recommend it :D

Plus it works with Linux, whereas this one doesn't.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by StarBaseONE2 on April 2, 2007 ·

The earlier review saying this add-on "was of questionable value" was, from my point of view, mistaken. Here is why.

Working as a technician I see daily that the "average user" sadly lacks good judgment. They happily flock where I would fear to tread, downloading "Cool Stuff" with impunity! But then later they wonder what happened to their PC's surfing ability or worse. Then I wind up amazed yet again at the "Average User". LOL.

Although it's true that it does tend to slow the the web experience a bit, & is not the perfect judge of a malicious site. I think that tends to educate "average users" of the do's and don'ts when online.

That is why upon return of their equipment, I will continue to submit to them in a .txt file on their desktop the download links for Mozilla Firefox, this add on, along with a link to a pre-fetching browser accelerator to speed it back up a bit, and another add-on's link that curbs unwanted scripts from surprising them (NoScript).

So I think highly of "Calling ID". Keep it up!

Just my two cents... LOL

Not yet rated

by Lexersia on April 1, 2007 ·

CallingID Link Advisor is of questionable, if any, value to the average user. When reporting information back to the company website, it sometimes slows the computer to a crawl. It reports information readily available from many other sources, and falsely reports some sites as malicious which are not. It gathers significant personal and usage information about your computer, and reports this information back to the company website. In addition, the information reported back could be shared with other companies without your permission or knowledge, as per their privacy policy. Be fully aware of what you are installing before using this product.