August 2009

Inside MyWOT
Current WOT News

Panda Security and WOT announce partnership

Panda Security, a “As we did with Collective Intelligence, we trust in

leading provider of
IT security
solutions, and WOT’s parent company, Against
Intuition, are pleased to announce a partnership
to deliver a safer Web search experience through
a new co-branded version of WOT. WOT’s safe
surfing protection is now extended with Panda’s
up-to-the-minute information on malware
distributors and dangerous domains. Panda
users can download WOT here.
New malware data supplied to WOT
The Panda-WOT partnership gives
WOT's 5 million members added protection with
real-time information on malware distributors,
phishing threats and dangerous domains
detected by Panda Labs.
the power of the community to improve the safety
of the user, that’s why we believe WOT is the best
tool to help get safe surfing through the Internet”,
said Panda Security’s CEO Juan Santana.
“We are excited to have Panda, a respected
security company as a partner in our goal to make
the Internet a safer place for everyone,” said
Against Intuition’s CEO Esa Suurio. “WOT prides
itself in providing frontline protection in the battle
against online threats, and with this strong
collaboration between Panda Security and Web of
Trust we have strengthened both our products
and given our users a definite advantage against
cybercrime.”
Panda-WOT cobranded addon

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Special offers for WOT members

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users a one month free
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WOT downloads exceeds 5 million

It seems like only yesterday when we were celebrating one million downloads
(it was last September!) Since then that number has increased tremendously
and continues to grow. The WOT community is making a huge difference for
millions of people. Thank you for being a part of this great community!
WOT on the Web

PC Welt’s plus-sized Summer issue

PC Welt, Germany’s popular magazine filled with tech product reviews, tech news,
how-to's and free downloads has a special XXL-sized issue for summer. Part of
this gigantic issue is a CD choked full of useful downloads hand-picked by the
editors. WOT is please to be included on the CD and featured in the magazine
itself (with a picture too!) PC Welt XXL is available at magazine kiosks and as a
download. Get it here. (German language)

Security/Privacy add-ons that can co-exist A blast from the past

The good folks at MUO have compiled a brief list
of security-conscious Firefox extensions which are
compatible with each other. We really like the list
(and not just because we are on it!), but because
these three add-ons together make surfing the
Internet safer and faster.
The Wayback Machine, part of the massive
Internet Archive project, is a great resource if
the website or page you are looking for has
disappeared from the Internet (which proves
that nothing really disappears!) Spend hours
searching and reminiscing through their 150
billion page web archive. See how WOT looked
in November 2006.

New videos on YouTube

Here is a roundup of the latest videos we’ve found on YouTube from
WOT fans and security-minded tech advisors. Thanks to all of these
videographers for the time and effort it took to create the videos!
Please help us support them by rating and commenting on their
videos.
Web of Trust (WOT) by Hizan546 Web Of Trust - Browse Safely by mrizos

Web of Trust for Internet Explorer (WOT) WOT- web of trust add-on for firefox by
by Sploosh Productions randkprouductions

Web Of Trust by DemolitionDrive94 Get MyWOT (The Web of Trust) Part 1 by

DJToronto4
Protect yourself from Dangerous
Websites: WOT (Web of Trust) Firefox Get MyWOT (The Web of Trust) Part 2 by
Add-on by rapmaster243 DJToronto4

CyberHood Watch
Radio talk show hosts David Ballard and Bill Wardell have built a network of
CyberHood Watch community service websites for the purpose of empowering
children, their families and the community on how to stay safe online and off.
They are enthusiastic supporters of WOT, and gave us the opportunity to talk to
them on their online broadcast. You can listen here. You are welcome to join
CyberHood Watch. Check out their blog and get involved.

How to create your own security suite with free products

This article and accompanying video give excellent recommendations on how to use free products to
create a layered approach to Internet security. WOT is recommended to help combat fraud and
phishing. Read it here.
WOT badges for your website
DYNAMIC
How can you show visitors to your website, blog or forum that your
site can be trusted? WOT badges are available to website owners Dynamic badges show your
and bloggers with excellent and good reputations who want to website's rating and links to
communicate to regulars and visitors alike that their site is
its scorecard. Requires
trustworthy. By placing a free WOT badge on your site, you are also
supporting WOT. Here are some examples of how the WOT badge is
JavaScript. Choose the size
begin used today: you want and copy from
here.
Acidforge Personal blog

Filipino American online newspaper 80 x 15

Asian Journal
published in San Diego

80 x 30
Personal blog about women’s
Barbara’s Tchatzkahs
issues, spirituality and more

General gripes and comments on

The Cat Talks politics, environment and topical
issues

Relatively non-technical information

about Internet related security
CyberInsecure
issues, network breaches and
general online safety
150 x150

Software developer who gives away

free art, such as desktop
Cranial Soup
wallpapers, screensavers,
STATIC
Paintshop Pro tubes, and clipart

Musings of an innovator, leader, Static badges can be placed

Daddytude on your site anywhere.
visionary and dad
Choose the size you want
Public-interest information exchange
provided for interested and and copy from here.
DevLee
concerned citizens in the Lee
County, Alabama community
80 x 15
DiM1319 German technology news

Consumer security blog with 80 x 30

Certified Bug information to assist you in
practicing safe computing

Personal blog about life and open

Technology Maniac
source software

Blog for victims and survivors of

Sanctuary for the Abused verbal, psychological and emotional
abuse and personality disorders

Each month we will feature more sites with WOT badges, so please
let us know if you are using one by emailing Deborah at 150 x150
deborah@mywot.com
Messages from WOT Users
Every day we receive emails from people around the world. Most often the letters are from satisified
users. This one tickled our funny-bone, so we wanted to share it with you.

Hey ya'll...I don't sit around waiting for an opportunity to add my two cents worth on topics, but I
feel I should give ya'll some credit where credit is due.
I am 54 years old and was dragged "kicking and screaming" into the computer scene about two
years ago. My new job as a construction project manager for a company in Austin demanded a
crash course in the basics. They set me up with a computer to work with from home.
It did not take long for me to get dialed in to the advantages of the internet and email. Anyway,
just like a "babe in the woods", I wondered off surfing the internet. One thing led to another and,
being a red blooded American male, I found myself checking out websites that I'm sure my
mother would not approve of. You know the rest: my email was filling up with crap and it was
all getting really annoying.
About that time my daughter came to town and, "fessin" up", I told her of my problem and asked
for help. She laughed and said she and her husband had been through the same thing. She fixed
things on the computer, arranged for a new address, then gave me the address of a couple of porn
sites that could be trusted. So far so good.
Now...I found myself looking up sites for legitimate businesses (IE Microsoft, etc.) When I
googled a query an entire page would light up with web sites. I would check them out, one by
one: unaware that some were malicious sites that did not have my best interests in mind. Wow,
the adult sites I checked out on occasion were actually safer than these "legitimate" sites.
I use Mozilla Firefox as a web browser, and Gmail for my correspondence. I found your package
on their add on page. I have tried a few of their other offers but ended up uninstalling most of
them. Anyway, I had forgotten that I installed your program, when several days later, I was
researching something and your "red circle" warnings popped up and clued me in to stay away
from certain sites.
I feel so much safer now knowing that I had big brother (or maybe big sister) guiding me safely
through the crap that is out there just waiting to bite me.
Note: One way you can top what you have going now is to come up with a program that does the
following:
When a malicious site attempts to enter our private world (or computer), find a way to "right then
and there", send their bad juju right back up their own tailpipes with some bad mojo from us.
Maybe that would be stooping to their level, but it just might be worth it to give them a dose of
the crap they are sneaking in on us. I'll just bet you have somebody that knows how to do that. I'll
be looking for it from you on the Google add ons. I'd go for it...
Anyway...Great job...Thanks...You can bleep a few things here and there and post this review of
your stuff anywhere you like, with my name on it.
Thanks for watching my back,

Larry Latham
Austin, Texas
Messages from WOT Users

Dziękuje bardzo jestem zadowolona bo dzięki
dodatkowi WOT wiem jaka witryna jest
bezpieczna,pozdrawiam serdecznie i
powiadomię moich bliskich by zainstalowali
dodatek WOT.
Спасибо за программу!
Thank you for the information. I have already
benefited from WOT and have submitted one
rating/comment so far. Appreciate the good
work you are doing.
Gracias por su correo y me llena de mucha
alegria el saber que ustedes estan
penmdientes de sus suscriptores,espero
siempre sus buenos mensajes y alertas que
nos ayudan a no caer en fraudes,el servicio
que ustedes ofrecen me ha ensenado mucho y
me sigue adviertiendo lugares no provechosos
para mi y para los demas.ok.graciasa de usted
atentamente pedro turcios leiva
I want to thank you and the programmers who
created the plug-in, it’s a very useful and
intuitive tool.

Ask WOT

Are my ratings anonymous?

Yes, ratings are anonymous (or pseudonymous, more specifically)

unless you choose to create an account on our website and reveal
your identity. If you simply use the add-on, your ratings are linked to
a random identifier generated when the add-on was first installed.

How does WOT use my IP address? Is it private?

We are serious about privacy and would never misuse your

personal information. Your IP address is stored in our server logs
for 30 days, after which all logs are deleted. Please read our
privacy policy for more information.

Sometimes I am unable to agree or disagree with comments on

the scorecards. What’s up with that?
On domains with controversial ratings, the agree/disagree function is
disabled. However, you may rate and add your own new comment.

How do I delete a rating?

There are now two ways to do it. One way is to go to your Profile
page and select the My Ratings tab. You can delete a rating by
clicking on the red X.

A new way is to delete it straight from the scorecard. Click Edit my

rating, and an option to Delete appears.
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