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On my desktop i do not get any warnings about WOT. Win 10 pro

On my Laptop I receive a warning about Wot Win 10 Home

Seems like maybe a bug :-[
latest version Avast Internet Security :slight_smile:

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No it is not a bug.
WOT is not trusted anymore.
There is a another thread on this webboard about it with a lot of information.

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Thanks for your reply Eddy

I already know about the controversy with wot.
I was saying on 1 computer it is okay on another computer it is not okay. Surely something is not right.

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Without knowing all the facts, that’s impossible to say.
Versions of both, vps and streaming updates received, etc, etc.

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Hi bob3160

What other facts do you need, I will try and supply them, :slight_smile:

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It’s something for you to check. It’s your computers that showed different results…
If you get different results first check to make sure you’re comparing apples to apples.

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Not sure I follow
Either it is a bad add on or isn’t, might be different computers, but why should there be different results.
After all Avast should pick it up etc whether using win 10 win 7 any system it works on

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You’re correct. the OS doesn’t make the difference but,
if your Antivirus isn’t the same (updates, settings etc.) that would make a difference.

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Hi Gunners,

For the WOT add-on it is a reputation question. At a certain point an interim Helsinki stakeholder that owned WOT at the time sold all user data to the highest bidder. There was quite a scandal about this, when this information became known. In such cases reputation management cannot cure a disaster. In the mean time WOT is back, but it probably will never recover from this ‘smear’. Rather a pity as it had an awful lot of good user input before the “beans were spilled” so to say

polonus

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Redid smart scan still same results.
I did a repair, still the same, on Desktop still same result.
Ended up doing a complete uninstall and reinstall.

Success now both laptop and Desktop now shows WOT as a bad browser add on.

Thank you for your assistance bob3160

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:slight_smile:
Hi polonus

Yes they certainly did cause a disaster for them selves.
I will see how it goes :-\

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Your welcome. This proves that when you compare Apple to Apples, you get Apples.
When you compare Apples to Oranges you usually get Fruit Punch. :slight_smile:

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You didn’t say which browsers and WOT versions are in question.
The latest WOT versions for Firefox and Chrome are safe :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wot-safe-browsing-tool/?src=search

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wot-web-of-trust-website/bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp?hl=en-US

WOT for IE is older version and it doesn’t contain tracking code.
Smart scan (Browser Cleanup) doesn’t detect them as bad reputation add-ons.
I guess the question is whether you trust WOT as company or not ?

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Hi abruptum
I didn’t say what versions I was using as my question was about Avast say one thing an one computer and something else on another computer.

I am using the latest versions of WOT, as I always try to keep everything up to date. :slight_smile: