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.......it tells you if a website is safe or not. Read it and see what you think. It works like traffic light colours, and if a site is ok you will have a green circle beside it or along the top of your screen, if its a bad site you will see a red circle. If its white its not known if its good or bad!!

https://www.mywot.com/en/download

jude

You could also try McAfee, Norton, IOBit and various others.

None of these add-ons should be totally relied on but they are good indicators - they can also slow your browser down.

Good suggestion though. Cheers Jude.

https://safeweb.norton.com/reviews?url=mywot.com

Ohh just read the link, maybe l should get rid of and get Norton........my neighbour has used WOT for years and had no probs!!

By the way when l asked about my neighbour and Windows 8...he got scammed and all his accounts were blocked!!!!! so somewhere along the line the WOT did'nt work. He was downloading 8.1 from microsoft at the time!!
jude

Hi Jude
Sorry to hear that about your neighbour.
The problem with many of these add-ons and/or sites is that they are only as good as the people who provide the information and there are some people out there who take great delight in providing false information because they have a bee in their bonnet or just feel like mischief making.

They do serve a purpose but should only be used as an additional tool to give an indication about how safe a site may or may not be.

What has happened with your neighbout?

Errol...
Its the neighbour you were trying to help the other day, whilst he was downloading 8.1 from windows his puter got a trojan...NOT your fault.
He's still having problems getting the puter how he wants it, he has a dongle, no phone line and just can't get internet.. He'll get it sorted some time, its too complicated for me...lol

jude

If he needs a hand tell him to give me a shout.

Does he know how he got the Trojan and which one it is?

I was going to say that I have Norton which advises on problem sites.

Also I tend to use the same online sites all the time. ;-) ;-)

He says from downloading windows 8.1
These are the trogans....

TroganDownloader:Win32/Muzat.A

Trogen Fake MSWimsys86


he spelt these as trogan and trogen

l think l will download the Norton thingie:)

Thanks Errol and Dave
jude

oopsie - he needs to get rid PDQ !

DO NOT download anti virus software (norton etc) using the infected computer.

He needs to get rid and scan for rootkits.

I suggest downloading a standalone scanner/software onto a clean, empty dongle and/or bootable DVD using somebody else's computer and connection.

He's done it now....and he said earlier he has internet now!!

With this Norton thing....do l keep the vault open or closed??

I use Norton safe search, which is part of my norton package it is reassuring as it gives a logo against most sites saying which are safe or not the icon can be clicked on for more info as well.

I find the Vault a pain in the "you know what" to use and should it go wrong or you forget your password there is no way whatever to get in to it you are locked out for good, unless you are maybe a total expert hacker (or Cloe from the TV series 24). However even with Norton which I would recommend I have gone to safe sites and then had warnings. I guess it is because the site has been got at since Norton last tested it.

A site itself may be safe but external links and/or advertisements on the site may not be. This site has had that sort of problem historically.

Jude - do you mean the identity safe?

Glad your friend is up and running - I would still recommend a total sweep of the system though.

Errol...yes:)

Keep it closed - although I am not a big fan of it.

Ta:)