WOT Website Security & Privacy Protection

Stay safe while browsing the web with WOT, the best multi-platform security service with real-time alerts.

What is WOT Website Security & Privacy Protection?

WOT Website Security & Privacy Protection is an Edge add-on powered by a community of millions of users. This tool provides you with real-time alerts and website reputation checks, warning you of dangerous sites, scams, malware, phishing, and more. Using ratings and reviews from the user community along with its advanced algorithms, WOT gives you a color-coded indication about websites to support safe browsing. Enjoy the safety precaution it provides during shopping, social media activity, and other online activities.

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By: WOT Services

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Users: 200,857 ▼ -60,105

Rating: 4.10 (69)

Version: 4.0.14.40 (Last updated: 2022-11-21)

Creation date: 2021-12-06

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
contextMenus
http://www.mywot.com/*
http://api.mywot.com/*
https://api.mywot.com/*
webNavigation
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 4.34M

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 293 ▼ 26

Other rankings

#182 in Search tools ▲ 13

#4 in Enhance security and privacy

#17 in forum keyword 3

#23 in antivirus keyword 51 ▼ 2

#24 in spyware keyword 62

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Other platforms

WOT: Website Security & Safety Checker (v5.5.3)

4.47 (10,558) 800,000

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Summary

Analyze keywords

★★★★★ “Your new favorite add-on” - PCMag.com ★★★★★ "Excellent and free" - PCWorld ★★★★★ "One of my favorites" - USA Today

Ever wondered how to check if a website is safe? Get the community to do the website security checks for you. Join millions of people in the WOT online security community to protect yourself from online threats that only humans can detect. Stay protected with secure browsing while shopping and surfing by trust checking with this must-have addition to any antivirus solution (even if you don’t use one)!

How it Works ✔ WOT protects you while you browse, warning you when you visit dangerous sites, scams, malware, phishing, rogue web stores, dangerous links, and more ✔ Reputation icons are displayed next to search results, social media, email, and other popular sites to help you make informed decisions online -Red indicates potential danger -Yellow tells you to be careful -Green means it’s a safe website ✔ Website reputations are calculated by combining advanced algorithms with millions of user reviews

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Reliable protection
Helpful in tragic situations
Multiple trackers and permissions detection

Cons

Nagware and excessive begging for money
Language issues (Russian, Chinese)
Compatibility issues with Microsoft Edge

Most mentioned

Reliability of the addon
Excessive nagware and begging for money
Language display issues

Recent reviews

Works very reliably, just do the opposite of what this addon tells you, if it says untrust worthy, be sure that it is ok. with the election season they will start blocking pages they don't like again.

by Murat, 2024-06-09

🫡

by MUAN, 2024-06-03

best

by hamidrz.khani, 2024-05-25

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Safety

Risk impact

WOT Website Security & Privacy Protection is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install WOT Website Security & Privacy Protection if you trust the publisher.