Have you ever been scammed online? Have you ever visited a website and then BOOM… you have a virus!! Don’t you think there should be some sort of tool out there that would help you assess a websites trustworthiness?!?!? Well there is! This fantastic tool is called Web of Trust. They use a traffic light system to let users know what sites are safe and which ones are not. Green let’s the user know that the site they are visiting is A OK! Yellow- Cautions you and Red is a no no- There are also setting to show if a site is suitable for children. This is a great tool to help you steer away from viruses and fraudulent websites!

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Tags: firefox plugins, fraudulent websites, preventing online fraud, web of trust

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