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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: April 14, 2009
- Total Downloads: 35,265
- Downloads last week: 236
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 45 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 10, 2009
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 Against Intuition :Make your Internet Explorer more secure with the WOT add-on. Keep yourself safe from spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser exploits, unreliable online shops, phishing, and other Internet scams. With the free WOT browser add-on, 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 21 million websites, and the reputation database is updated every 30 minutes. WOT ratings are shown also on Yahoo, Gmail, Wikipedia, and other sites. Version 20090414 includes warning fixes for very small screen resolutions and IE 8 fixes for the pop-up.
What's new in this version:
Includes warning fixes for very small screen resolutions and IE 8 fixes for the pop-up.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 45 votes
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Version: WOT for Internet Explorer 20090414
Pros: It is like having life insurance for free. It has warned me many times about sites I would have trusted. It gives you a sense of security and doesn't get in the way.
Cons: There is'nt anyway for me
Summary: Get it. Use it. Rely on it.
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Version: WOT for Internet Explorer 20090414
"WOT is great - much better than McAfee Site Advisor"
Pros: WOT gives you really strong warnings if you happen to get on a site that is
dangerous. Also, when you go to a site you can see immediately if it's safe
or not with they coloured warnings. Great!Cons: No Cons that I've found yet.
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Version: WOT for Internet Explorer 20090414
Pros: I enjoyed using WOT in my PC because it gives me alert right away when i am serching through google, if the site is safe or not. I avoid opening or visiting the site when it is red and yellow.
Cons: There's nothing that i don't like about this product, only that some of Antivirus program would not allow it to be active in my PC, hence I have to set it on again.
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Version: WOT for Internet Explorer 20090414
"Great product...and it's FREE"
Pros: WOT interacts seamlessly with IE and does exactly what you expect it to do as you surf the web.
Cons: After almost a year of use, there are no 'cons' that I have discovered.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WOT for Internet Explorer 20090414
Pros: l have not gotten any virus,spyware since l been using WOT. It feels safer to surf the web now and WOT also warns me what site to stay away from, better then McAfee
Cons: l do not think there is any cons. None that l can find.
Summary: Download it and you will be glad you did.
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