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enerness
Former Member
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Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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Is it possible to turn OFF the McAfee SiteAdvisor for Microsoft Outlook?


It very often interrupts me when I click on a new email and says, "McAfee SiteAdvisor Warning - This email message contains potentially unsafe links to these sites: [lists the websites]"


I do not want it to appear at all. And I can't find how to change it in the settings.


Help, please?


(I have McAfee Total Protection. And I'm using Microsoft Outlook 2007.)


THANK YOU for any help.

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MaheshCJ
Contributor III
Message 2 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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Hello enerness,

If you dont want Site Advisor to configure you Outlook, We can definatly configure it.

Follow the steps below to do the same :

Windows XP/2000/Vista (32-bit):

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor.
  2. Right-click the file sasets.ini and select Open With, then select Notepad.
  3. Locate the section titled [outlook.exe].
  4. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
  5. Click File and select Save.
  6. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.

Windows Vista (64-bit):

  1. Click the Windows button and type Notepad into the search box.
  2. In the search results window, right-click Notepad and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Click File and select Open.
  5. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor.
  6. Select the file sasets.ini then click Open.
  7. Locate the section titled [outlook.exe].
  8. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
  9. Click File and select Save.
  10. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.

Thanks Regards

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MaheshCJ
Contributor III
Message 2 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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Hello enerness,

If you dont want Site Advisor to configure you Outlook, We can definatly configure it.

Follow the steps below to do the same :

Windows XP/2000/Vista (32-bit):

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor.
  2. Right-click the file sasets.ini and select Open With, then select Notepad.
  3. Locate the section titled [outlook.exe].
  4. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
  5. Click File and select Save.
  6. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.

Windows Vista (64-bit):

  1. Click the Windows button and type Notepad into the search box.
  2. In the search results window, right-click Notepad and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Click File and select Open.
  5. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor.
  6. Select the file sasets.ini then click Open.
  7. Locate the section titled [outlook.exe].
  8. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
  9. Click File and select Save.
  10. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.

Thanks Regards

enerness
Former Member
Message 3 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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It worked! Thank you very much!

MaheshCJ
Contributor III
Message 4 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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You are most welcome,

Have a good Christmas and a Great New year sir.

garetoo
Former Member
Message 5 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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I have attempted to run notepad as an administrator as well as change the security attributes of the sasets.ini file, but I am still disallowed from editing it.

catdaddy
MVP
MVP
Message 6 of 6

Re: Turn OFF McAfee SiteAdvisor for Outlook?

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Locking this as the software has changed and this is over 8 years old.

Cliff
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