Install Firefox Addon WOT For Safe Browsing

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In this modern era every corner of the global world browses the internet every second. If you are addicted with the internet you must also be visiting a huge number of sites each day. No one can assure you that you are  cent percent safe in the web. So you have to be careful about some harmful url over the teeming millions present in the web.

Tip: Open The Same Link In Different Browser From Mozilla Firefox.

Sometimes you may be infected with malware or some malicious programs from these harmful urls. It is not possible for any one to distinguish these harmful url by eye estimation . So you need some tools which can detect these harmful url and ensure your safety in the web. WOT is one of the strongest Firefox addon which can help you to find out these harmful url and give you a safe browsing platform in the web.

About WOT

Web of trust (WOT) is a popular and global community based Firefox add-on where millions of trustworthy users can rate the millions of websites based on their experience.  WOT rating  shows four type of safety ratings namely Trustworthiness, Vendor reliability, Privacy, and Child safety. With the help of these ratings you will be able to judge the websites with precision. You can also see the ratings in detail and the vivid comments about the desired site and get adequate information whether the site is free of malicious programs.

How To Use

  • Download and install the WOT addon on your browser.
  • As soon as you install WOT add-on you will notice a colored ring near the homepage at the bottom of your browser.
  • Whenever you open any web page it will show whether you are safe or not by the change in its color. If the ring is of green color, the site is proved to be trusty and you are absolutely safe.  On the other hand if the ring color is red your safety on this site is questionable.
  • If you want to see more details about this site click on the colored ring. You will see the details of safety rating about the  site.

  • To see the comments and other information about the site click on “View scorecard for rating details“. A new tab will be opened and you can see the detailed information. Click on “Whois” to know the  front page details, indexed data, registry information, and server data.
  • You can also give the rating and comments for any site to help the other users.

we always recommend to check the trustfulness and safety rating in the WOT before clicking any unknown link like “Buy now” button etc. in any online shopping web site . Hence to boost your safety in the world of web we recommend you to download and install this remarkable Firefox Add-on  Wot.

This post was written by Tanmay

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