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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 27 million Web sites. WOT ratings are shown also on Yahoo, Gmail, Wikipedia, and other sites.
What's new in this version: Version 20100503 fixes compatibility with Firefox 3.7 nightly builds.
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All versions:
3.5 starsout of 154 votes
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Current version:
4.5 starsout of 11 votes
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My rating:
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"Excellent Tool"
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
Everything is good.
Cons
No cons at all
Summary
Much better than Siteadvisor.
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"To new to have a review. Will add later"
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
protection
Cons
??????????????????
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"Must-have security app"
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
1. Good detection
2. simple interfaceCons
None so far
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"READ CAREFULLY.I GAINED INFO FROM LOTS OF SOURCES."
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
RECOGNISES GOOD AND BAD SITES.BETTER THAN OTHERS I'VE TRIED(LINKEXTEND,MCAFEE SITEADVISOR)STABLE.DOESN'T SLOW ANYTHING DOWN.TERRIBLY QUICK SCAN-THE BEST!BUT......
Cons
IT'S SPYWARE.I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPERS INTEND TO DO SOMETHING BAD WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA,BUT IT'S BETTER NOT TO RISK
Summary
MAN I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.SO I UNINSTALLED IT,BUT WITH TEARS.OF COURSE SITE RATINGS DO MOSTLY DEPEND ON USERS' OPINIONS BUT NOT WORTH THE RISK
NO WAIT.MY ANTI SPYWARE AND ANTI-VIRUS DON'T DETECT IT AS SPYWARE.PERHAPS WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR RATING TO A SITE WOT AUTOMATICALLY SENDS IT TO MYWOT AND WOT UPDATES ITSELF. THEN I GIVE IT FIVE STARS AND I REALISE NOW-IT'S NOT SPYWARE
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"Reliable program"
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
Works "quietly" in the background, advising on websites and links to websites..
Cons
None that I have found
Summary
Download this application. You won't be sorry you did.....
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"Great program."
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
It warns me if I am going to an dangerous site.
It let me vote if an site is good or bad.
It makes my happy to see it working, I recommend it.Cons
No cons seen at the moment.
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"I will never again surf without WOT!"
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
Just automatic now to glance at the WOT circle when I open a new website. Finally, there is a way to alert fellow surfers of problem websites. Well done!
Cons
I have no complaints. Great program, easy to use and understand.
Summary
WOT is an absolutely essential tool for web safety.
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"It works for me."
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
It saves me time because I don't bother with untrusted sites. I also believe it helps to protect my computer from malware.
Cons
No problems with it.
Summary
Cheap and healpful.
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"Great for staying away from potential problems."
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
You know immediately what to stay away from.
Cons
I have no problems with this product.
Summary
If you pay attention, this is an excellent tool to keep you off of suspicious websites. I love it.
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"Cool way to see site safety before going there."
Version: Web of Trust for Firefox 20100503
Pros
It's FREE, just ads an icon to your tool bar that changes colors from site to site. Best of all when doing a search, it puts an icon on "bad" sites so you're not suckered in by the description.
Cons
None that I could see.
Summary
Super Ad-On for Firefox - Highly recommend
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