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Offline Beatrix

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2012, 02:44:16 AM »
Hi smoke.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2012, 03:14:32 AM »
Hi smoke.

Hello Bea.

On this subject, we are definitely clean and I am hoping that once Phishtank's cache is updated they will see our true status.

Regardless of what might be lurking in one's site files (the Wordpress sites I host get hacked on a monthly basis and getting every little character of malicious code out can be tricky, even though the threat has been deleted), I don't think anyone can use the terms "Verified: Is a phish" unless a phishing attempt has actually occurred.  It's like the false positives that anti-virus programs sometimes give when they don't recognise a file.
Don't put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2012, 02:53:37 AM »
Thanks for the heads-up with this Brickbatz as it seems WOT have now rescanned our files and we no longer have a bad reputation. 

Another plus is it makes Darek look a bit of a twit.
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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2012, 05:27:43 PM »
When I saw that I thought WTF? Now WOT says Not enough ratings for this site.

* I registered an account with WOT and gave us an excellent rating across the board.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2012, 01:13:13 AM »
how do I do that?

Also, B, when we going to hit up star trek again?

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2012, 01:41:28 AM »
Whenever you ask, after Tuesdays.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2012, 02:42:26 AM »
Well yeah, NCIS is 8 PM Tuesday, PST.

Sorry I've been a poor correspondent, poo's been crazy.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2012, 08:20:55 AM »
how do I do that?

If you have WOT installed in Firefox, click on the icon then View scorecard for rating details. You can register, rate and comment there.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2012, 05:30:45 AM »
The Firefox add-on WOT, the Web Of Trust gives this site a [Very Poor] rating.





Sorry guys, couldn't resist  ;D
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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2012, 02:06:34 PM »
How's everybody doing by the way, it's been a while.  8)

A bit worn out and creaking at the hinges, but otherwise ok.

Nice to see you around Hmed, I hope you're well too.
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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2012, 04:02:10 AM »
Right, installed WOT, not seeing the problem.

Gave it a good rating, and a short review. Will now be uninstalling the add-on. Do people really need such a net-nanny?
« Last Edit: October 03, 2012, 04:24:52 AM by 8ullfrog »

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2012, 10:02:06 AM »
I have NoScript disabled for now. If WOT shows a warning I enable it before going to the site.

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #27 on: October 06, 2012, 02:50:37 AM »
I found Noscript a real pain to use. :-\

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #28 on: October 06, 2012, 07:25:09 AM »
It does seems somewhat counter productive.  I have been buying a few things online as usual, but now I get a WOT warning for some sites I visit, sites I know to be pretty safe.  I expect one person has given it a bad review and nobody has bothered writing a good one so the mud sticks.  I know this as a WOT warning I have emptied my basket and bought the products elsewhere (I'm so impressionable).

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Re: Has WOT gone mad?
« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2012, 03:25:46 PM »
I remember Demonoid having an Excellent rating from WOT. I reckon a lot of members were casting their votes