A while back I was reading one of the many topics in here and it mentioned something about a site that would list other sites as either redflagged or (insert name here, I had a brain fart), based on if they were adware/spyware/otherwise iffy. What site was it?
What's that site?
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Dragonlair
offlineMemberFirefox has an add-in for WOT. You don't need a toolbar. It just has a little circular icon beside the home page icon with a color indicating it's ranking. If you haven't "voted yourself", there's an asterisk in the upper left edge of the circle. Also, if you access a site it doesn't have a good rating for, you get a warning message. You can have it block you but I don't have it set that way.
Posted 2 years ago # -
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offlineEnglish ModThis may be what your looking for:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/You just type the websites name in the box at the right under where it says "View a Site Report" and you are taken to a page that gives it a green, yellow, or red rating. It also gives you user reviews as well as a chart of all sites the site in question connects to.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon"
offlineMemberThree sites I know of offer this kind of service!
The one site I use the most is SiteAdvisor, they offer an award-winning, free browser plug-in (for FireFox and IE) that gives safety advice about Websites before you click on a risky site.
For more on this program and site, go here: What is SiteAdvisor?
The site for WoT (Web of Trust) is here: Free Internet Security, WOT warns you about risky websites
On top of SiteAdvisor and Web of Trust, there is also a less well know site: Norton Safe Web.
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But regardless of which one you use first, it is important to check on all because these sites rely mostly on user feedback and said users (operating under nicknames) may not always be well intentioned or well informed.
So before panicking and picking up torches, just breathe and take it with a grain of salt.
For more information, you might also try reading reports at these sites:
Here: Information for Internet Users (StopBadware)
and here: Get the truth about virus warnings, hoaxes, scams and other opinions (Thruth or Fiction)
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Here are the links to the opinions about GOTD from these three sites:
1) SiteAdvisor
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Hope this helps
Quantum Dragon AKA Paul
Posted 2 years ago #
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