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- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/NT
- Date added: October 28, 2009
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 91 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on November 24, 2009
Web of Trust (WOT) for Firefox 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 Firefox 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 :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, is an online community for reputation rating that lets Internet users share their knowledge of websites, helping you stay in control when surfing 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. You can easily customize the protection level to your way of surfing the Web. WOT has information on 24 million Web sites. WOT ratings are shown also on Yahoo, Gmail, Wikipedia, and other sites.
What's new in this version:
Version 20091028 changes the license to GNU General Public License 3.0.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 91 votes
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Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20091028
"Amazing, MUST-HAVE browser plug-in"
Pros: Saves you from garbage websites.
Doesn't slow you down.Cons: Some users can abuse the system and intentionally give good websites bad ratings to scare away visitors (this happens in rare occasions).
Summary: Great add-on. You must have it.
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Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20091028
"Sites rated with only 3 or 4 reviews."
Pros: Can tip you off to a bad site. The concept is good.
Cons: I come across sites that I know are okay and WOT flags them, then I go to look at the rating details and they have like four people who have rated the site. This is meaningless, and also opens the door to manipulation. Four hundred, yes. Four, no.
Summary: It seems a lot of the ratings are meaningless due to tiny sample numbers. There are always whack jobs out there rating things. Google's site currently shows 54 people flagging it for spyware/malware--they obviously don't know what they are talking a... read more >>
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Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20091028
Pros: It's nice to get an idea how secure a site is. Seems fairly accurate for the most part.
Cons: Users rate sites, meaning even idiots have a say. Not enough site coverage yet, though I expect this to expand in time.
Summary: This isn't a particularly fancy or stupendous program, but for those interested in security it's worth the download. It doesn't seem to use up a lot of resources, and it's unobtrusive.
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Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20091028
"A great assistance for seeing good and bad sites."
Pros: Good, easy to understand icons, colour blind options, user rated, blocks dangerous sites.
Cons: The ratings are by users so sometimes they aren't how everyone sees them.
Summary: Works really well, you really have to get it.
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Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20091028
"A must have online security feature"
Pros: 1.Simple interface
2. Good functionsCons: None so far
Summary: A product for those who want to increase their online security.
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