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   PlainVanilla
   Member

   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?

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Terri218
   Member

   Web of Trust (WOT) gives you a toolbar that shows a green, yellow or red indicator based on users' evaluations and experiences of that site. I don't know if that is what you are referring to but I found it in these forums and have been very happy with it.

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   Firefox 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 14 years ago #
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   Lester (Chip)
   English Mod

   This 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 14 years ago #
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   Quantum Dragon
   Member

   Three 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

   2) Web of Trust (WoT)

   3) Norton Safe Web

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   Hope this helps

   Quantum Dragon AKA Paul

   Posted 14 years ago #

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