Download the WOT add-on

The WOT add-on is a safe surfing tool for your browser. Our traffic-light rating symbols show which websites you can trust for safe surfing, shopping and searching on the web.

  • WOT is free and easy-to-use
  • Our active community has rated millions of websites
  • Ratings are updated every half hour
  • Our trusted sources provide extra protection against phishing, spam and other Internet scams

System requirements

image description Free Download for Firefox
image description Free Download for Chrome
  • Operating system
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows XP
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows 7
  • Browser
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer (8.0 recommended) (32-bit version only)
  • Current version
    • 20100303

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Bookmarklet

The WOT bookmarklet brings some of WOT’s functionality to other browsers. Add the WOT bookmarklet to your browser simply by dragging this link to your bookmarks.

Using the bookmarklet is simple: click the bookmark and it will display a WOT popup on the page, showing ratings for the current site. Another click will hide the popup. This gives you an easy way of accessing WOT reputation data, although you won't be able to give your own ratings.

Opera

WOT for Opera utilizes JavaScript to display WOT ratings. Learn more here

Testimonials

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  • WOT will help you avoid bad sites altogether. The Firefox add-on allows users to rate sites. Those ratings are shown on most popular search engines. Results feature a green, yellow or red icon. Stay away from red sites.”

    Kim Komando Read more at Komando.com, website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®

  • The Web becomes more dangerous every day. Malware has become ubiquitous, scam sites proliferate, and there are constant privacy dangers. What to do? Try WOT (Web of Trust), an excellent--and free--browser add-on that offers protection.

    Preston Gralla Read more at PCWorld

  • WOT provides interesting features that allow worldwide users to rate Web sites for danger, thus creating an online community of like-minded people.

    CNET staff Read more at CNET’s download.com

  • My #1 top pick for its quick ratings, rich features and options, and it's excellent warning screen. It gives you detailed warnings about potentially malicious websites, and it integrates well with major search engines and email providers.

    Rizar Read more at Gizmo’s Freeware

  • Free tools like the Firefox add-on Web of Trust can also help (detect malicious sites) — warning about potentially dangerous links.

    Riva Richmond Read more on The New York Times Personal Tech online

  • …unobtrusive yet amazingly useful extension shows a rating icon next to each site in search results from Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, and other popular Web services.

    Becky Waring Read more at Windows Secrets

  • WOT rates search results, which is a nice feature. You have an idea before you proceed to the Web site.

    Michael Kassner Read more at Tech Republic’s 10 Things
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