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Web of Trust (WOT) for Internet Explorer provides users with a simple meter for gauging a Web site's danger level. With easy to read warnings, this program only leaves one thing to chance with your safety.
The program does not have anything to offer on your computer's desktop because it embeds itself into your Internet Explorer browser for quick access. Depending on the Web site you visit, the program's icon turns red, yellow, or green to illustrate the danger level. Clicking on the icon displays a chart showcasing Trustworthiness, Vendor Reliability, Privacy, and Child Safety. The warnings are intuitive and should not require a trip to the Help file to understand. The program functioned well for our tests, glowing green for popular news sites and red for less reliable pages. Our only complaint is that users must dig into the settings menu to have WOT stop a dangerous site from opening on your computer. So until that time, concerned users may be exposed to potentially harmful sites. However, once this is activated, the program does a great job of warning you and providing the option to continue or stop. WOT also provides interesting features that allow worldwide users to rate Web sites for danger, thus creating an online community of like-minded people.
With a simple interface, easy-to-understand functions, and interesting features, we found this freeware to be a helpful download for users looking to increase their online security.
Publisher's Description
From WOT Services:
With Web of Trust for Internet Explorer, make your Internet Explorer more secure. Keep yourself safe from spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser exploits, unreliable online shops, phishing, and other Internet scams. With WOT, you can easily see the reliability of companies and websites. WOT will warn you and save your computer before you interact with a harmful site. WOT, Web of Trust, lets Internet users share their knowledge of websites, helping you stay in control when you surf the Web. Besides its users WOT uses hundreds of trusted sources such as phishing site listings to keep you protected against rapidly spreading online threats. As you search with Google, you will see a tiny icon next to the Web link: green to go, yellow to slow down, red to stop. WOT has information on 30 million websites, and the reputation database is updated every 30 minutes. WOT ratings are shown also on Yahoo, Gmail, and Wikipedia.
What's new in this version: Version 20111107 fixes potential issues with the settings page and clarifies warning texts.
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All versions:
4.0 starsout of 116 votes
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Current version:
2.6 starsout of 5 votes
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"Did not find it useful"
Version: WOT (Web of Trust) for Internet Explorer 20111107
Pros
I did not find any use
Cons
Not useful
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"Spyware, pure and simple"
Version: WOT (Web of Trust) for Internet Explorer 20111107
Pros
Know the opinion of a small community
Cons
Your privacy is at risk
Browsing history savedSummary
Web of Trust (WOT) for Internet Explorer is a dangerous thing to have installed. It is a trojan horse and reports home about every single web site you have visited.
Do yourself a favor and avoid/uninstall this spyware. -
"Excellent Extension"
Version: WOT (Web of Trust) for Internet Explorer 20111107
Pros
First web advisor I have used that did not crash my browser thirty times a day. Very user friendly. Lets you set safety levels for different categories including child safety. Allows you to check the history of a site and if there have been any significant changes to the site within the last year and what and how many other sites the owner owns. Definitely makes web browsing less stressful.
Cons
Extension, although enabled, sometimes becomes disabled. I simply enable when this happens. Still a lot of sites that WOT does not have ratings for, but we can change that by rating the sites that we visit. Neither con is a significant problem. I notice that when I rate a page, several users have come behind me and rated it also. Especially if you share on your social networks.
Summary
Just a great program. One that not only works, but doesn't stop my browser from working.
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"Excellent gives me peace of mind"
Version: WOT (Web of Trust) for Internet Explorer 20111107
Pros
Easy and trustworthy
Cons
None as it never led me to a spooky site
Summary
Highly recommended
after reading the other comments: I do use AVG scanner and Zone Alarm. They do warm me! OK, so perhaps WOT gives me the courage to click on a link.
Updated on Dec 25, 2012 -
"Not So Trustworthy"
Version: WOT (Web of Trust) for Internet Explorer 20111107
Pros
Could have been useful.
Cons
Any special interest group, political party, or people with an ax to grind can load up this system with their own biased opinions and skew the results.
Summary
Get AVG link scanner - it will spot real problem websites and warn you - not give you something that's an opinion from some thought police group.
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