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While SiteAdvisor is efficient at noting which websites and search results have been fully tested or not, this may have a tendency of leaning some users into a false sense of security, or worse, a false sense of panic. SiteAdvisor’s results come from user reviews, and some users are inclined to write some reviews because they either had a bad personal experience at the website, or just couldn’t quite figure it out. In that case, they write reviews on why they don’t like that particular website which could be completely irrelevant to a website’s credibility. So at this point, the only obvious safes versus unsafe websites can be noticed, whereas suspicious websites can still remain up in the air – all without help of the SiteAdvisor add-on. Nonetheless, if you’re a curious web surfer who is interested in what other people have to say about some of your websites, you can find some useful (or useless) reviews.
Some websites may even be able to trick SiteAdvisor’s scanners, making them seem like a legitimate website. In which case, the add-on isn’t effective in the least, as common sense would have to be your main ally when surfing or downloading from a certain site.
