As always, thank you for taking your time to help us Lee, your greatly appreciated
John Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > >> On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:52 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks so much Lee, can you explain URL Advisor and WOT…..Any preference? > > I have little to say because I use neither one. Here’s what I know. > > Both are Web browser extensions. > > URL Advisor is part of the Kaspersky Internet Security suite. They give this > part away in hopes you’ll buy the whole package. Kaspersky gathers > information from a variety of sources to find out whether Web sites are > dangerous. URL Advisor warns you before you open a questionable site. > > WoT stands for Web of Trust. It collects ratings of sites from its millions > of users to determine a reputation rating for a site. It tells you the > reputation rating of a site before you open it and lets you add your opinion > to all the others. > > L^2 > > PS/ Yesterday, I forgot to mention the Google Safe Browsing service. It’s > built into Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Make sure it’s turned on in Safari by > checking Safari>Preferences>Security>Warn when visiting a fraudulent website. > I think this is the best of the bunch because Google is constantly spelunking > the farthest recesses of the Internet and can easily look out for malware > infestations. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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