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We have released a minor update for the add-on, fixing some issues you have kindly reported to us. Here are the notable changes from version 20080519:

• Fixes unreliable offline mode detection in Firefox
• Includes a workaround for bug 437174, which required third-party cookies to be enabled in Firefox 3
• Fixes problems with multiple simultaneous browsing sessions under different user accounts for Internet Explorer

Version 20080714 is available for download from our website.

WOT users decided that Identity theft was the biggest online threat today, with spyware a close second.

Identity theft continues to top the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's annual report on consumer fraud complaints, accounting for 32% of complaints received in 2007.

The Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Center supports the finding. They report that 64% of fraud complaints were initiated over the Internet; almost half by email (phishing) in 2007. Electronic fund transfer-related identity theft was the most frequently reported type of identity theft bank fraud, with credit card fraud (23%) being the most common form of reported identity theft.

Check out our tips on how to protect yourself against Internet Fraud.

Once again, thanks to suggestions from our WOT users, we have made some improvements – this time on the WOT Internet Security scorecard.

Add or Edit Ratings

You can now add or edit your ratings right on the scorecard. Click on Add/Edit rating to turn on the rating window. From there you can add or adjust your ratings, then hit Send to update the database. To turn off the window, click Close.

Sort from the Category Summary

To see all the comments associated with a particular category, click on the category and the comments will automatically sort. For example, if you want to see all the comments for "useful, informative" click on the category indicator and all the comments will be sorted to the top.

Remove "I agree" and "Flag this comment for review"

Whoops, you accidentally agreed with a comment or flagged a comment that you didn't mean to. To remove the mistaken "I agree" or flag, click on the comment to expand it. Once expanded, click on the "I agree" or flag button, close the comment and your agreement or flag will be gone. A color clue to remember is when the button is gray, it means you have agreed. When it's blue, you have not agreed.

We hope you find these improvements useful. Thank you to the WOT users who made these suggestions, and please let us know further ways that we can improve WOT for you. Please help us by telling your friends and family about WOT and encouraging them to join the WOT community.

This summer has been hot, hot, hot for WOT. If our new homepage wasn't enough to cause some sizzle around here, then Mozilla recommending our addon at exactly the same time as their world record for downloads occurred was smokin'!

Our July newsletter is a pat on the back for us, but we also brag about our users who are getting behind the camera to produce WOT videos. Read about them, then go to YouTube to watch their creations. Maybe you'll get inspired too!

Thank you for your continued support. If you use WOT and like our newsletter, spread the joy – share  WOT with a friend!

Read Inside MyWOT (PDF format)

As a preview to the upcoming WOT profile page, we have added some new functionality to your personal My page. You can now do two things that were requested by our WOT users:

• Delete ratings
• See your comments on scorecards

To see all your ratings, go to My page and click on View my ratings. The entire list is available, and it can be conveniently sorted alphabetically for quick location of a specific site.  From there you can go directly to the site or you can delete the rating.

Click on View my comments to see all your comments. The link takes you directly to the WOT scorecard and from there you can edit your comment for that site.

We hope you find these new functions useful.