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Free Web safety tool provides protection against online threatsWOT Web of Trustis 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. The WOT security add-on provides safety ratings to search results when using Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, and other popular sites, helping people protect their computers and personal information. 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. Watch the WOT demo here How WOT WorksOnce downloaded, the WOT icon appears in the browser's navigation toolbar, next to the address bar. Once the user navigates to a site they want to rate, they click the WOT icon. This will open a rating window. WOT members can rate a website using four components:
After using a popular search engine like Google, a tiny icon appears beside the link—green for go, yellow for proceed with caution and red for stop. WOT warns about sites that can damage computer hard drives or cause other trouble. WOT has information on 24 million websites, and the reputation database is updated every thirty minutes. WOT ratings are shown on Google, Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail, Wikipedia, Digg and other popular sites. The user interface comes in 14 languages and a color-blind version. WOT is a free browser add-on that works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. WOT is available for PC, MAC and Linux.
PrivacyWOT has a strict privacy policy, and they claim to follow it to the letter. The MyWOT website states, "The WOT add-on collects information only for computing website ratings, performing statistical analysis, and preventing abuse of our service. Any information that is no longer needed for these purposes is deleted."
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The Website Security ScorecardThe Website Security Scorecard shows data on popularity, a link to the WHOIS domain entry, detailed rating information with graphics, and a section for user comments and references. To see a website's reputation, replace "wikia.com" with a URL at the end of this address: http://www.mywot.com/scorecard/wikia.com
Company HistoryWOT Services Ltd. (formally Against Intuition, Inc.) was founded in Finland in 2006 by two graduate students, Timo Ala-Kleemola and Sami Tolvanen. Their mission is to make the Internet safer by letting users share their experience of websites and the services they offer. WOT’s patent-pending reputation management system computes ratings from individual users and trusted sources based on trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy, and child safety. Sophisticated algorithms guarantee objective reputation management, ensure reliability, and protect against manipulation. WOT Services focuses on developing and providing software and services for the WOT community and on promoting the community's goals. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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