Web of Trust: WOT

Wot is one of the things that can really help to protect your computer. Made in 2006, it has grown to be a hugely popular in the online community including winning "Gizmo's Top Pick for Best Freeware Internet Security Check". WOT is a very simple concept, but it works very well. It works with both Firefox and IE, But I am reviewing only on what I know about the firefox version. There is a little circle near my address bar. On this site I can see it is green, meaning it is a well trusted site. If I click on the circle, It will tell me the community rating for Child safety, Privacy, Vendor reliablity and Trustworthiness. I can see that these are all ...  Read the complete review

WOT (Web of Trust) is a website rating program which helps you to avoid nasty websites trying to scam you, send you junk mail and contain viruses in their downloads. You can download an add-on for your internet browser, either IE or Firefox, which integrates with your Google, Yahoo or Live searches and shows up warnings on harmful websites. They use a simple traffic light system rating dangerous websites red, websites to be wary of amber and websites proven trustworthy green. If you find a site which is dangerous you can also recommend it and rate it which will help other members in the future; you can also read other people's ratings of the ...  Read the complete review

Web of Trust is a unique community-based safe surfing tool that uses an intuitive traffic-light style rating system to help Internet users stay safe as they search, browse, and shop online. Web site ratings are continuously updated by millions of members of the WOT community and from numerous trusted sources, such as phishing site listings. The free Internet security add-on works with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers and can be downloaded at http://www.mywot.com. How WOT works for me Especially when I am shopping online or downloading something, I want to know that the site is trustworthy, secure and that my privacy is protected. The WOT ratings are ...  Read the complete review