Surf Safer with WOT
Posted 08.24.2008 by Frank J in Internet, Software,
WOT, Web of Trust, warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Protect your computer against online threats by using WOT as your front-line layer of protection when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. Surf safer and add WOT to your Firefox now.
Protect yourself from online threats such as:
• Spyware, adware and viruses
• Browser exploits
• Unreliable online shops
• Phishing, spam and other Internet scams
• Annoying or malicious spam
If you are about to enter a risky website, WOT will warn you and save your computer before you interact with a harmful site. With safety ratings of 20 million websites, WOT combines evidence collected from multiple trusted sources, like phishing and spam blacklists, with the ratings provided by WOT users. The system uses sophisticated algorithms to produce reliable and up-to-date ratings.
WOT reputation ratings have four components:
• Trustworthiness
• Vendor reliability
• Privacy
• Child safety
WOT lets you customize your level of protection to make your browsing experience safe and enjoyable. To protect your family, you can even set WOT to block inappropriate content for children.
Download WOT today and protect yourself from online threats.
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August 24th, 2008 on 11:51 am
I use kaspersky internet security. More add ons are not preferred as it slows down Firefox I guess..
August 24th, 2008 on 12:31 pm
Actually, I have not noticed any performance issues with this add-on.
August 24th, 2008 on 12:36 pm
I read a simliar post just the other day by Sandra Kosineck but yours is much better.
August 24th, 2008 on 4:13 pm
tried it and it doesn’t worth the ram it uses !
August 24th, 2008 on 4:57 pm
ameo,
I am not seeing a lot of resources being used. Not sure what tpe of hardware you have.
August 24th, 2008 on 5:13 pm
Frank
i have a hardware updated machine , but why running something that doesn’t even do it’s job !!
believe me , i’ve tried it all from mcafee site advisor to Zone alarm Pro suite and all doesn’t really do that job ,
i think the best is Avast Pro with IE for the script blocker option . . althought no script in FF can prevent it from showing up but still reads it’s info
but script blocker scan it before reading .
August 24th, 2008 on 5:19 pm
I love Avast and I think it doesn’t get the credit it deserves.
August 25th, 2008 on 3:23 am
Thanks for featuring WOT, Frank!
In today’s online environment you need all the protection you can get, and including WOT in a layered security approach makes good sense. Our add-on doesn’t slow down your browsing, and in fact many of our users have multiple add-ons and sometimes even use WOT in combination with other rating systems.
August 25th, 2008 on 4:35 am
Thanks for the tip. I’ll try that out and see how it works.
August 25th, 2008 on 12:01 pm
You’re welcome Deborah. So far it looks like some users are experiencing resource issues with Ram. I have not seen this as being an issue.
August 26th, 2008 on 1:09 am
The slowing could be a symptom of our service provider having load balancer problems yesterday. But your readers reported this on the 24th…hmmn…
The amount of data transferred by WOT has been minimized, and the backend systems are optimized to provide the rating information in a flash. The rating information is retrieved in parallel with the Web page, so you shouldn’t notice any difference.