Re: A new level of spam?

Subject: Re: A new level of spam?
From: "Guy K. Haas" <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com>
To: Larry Usselman <elgrans -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:58:30 -0700

On 8/21/2008 7:43 AM, Larry Usselman wrote:
> I highly recommend the WOT (Web of Trust) free Internet security
> plug-in for your browser. It does an excellent job of alerting you to
> dangerous or otherwise undesirable (trojans, viruses, phishing, porn,
> scams, etc.) sites BEFORE you click and find yourself somewhere you'd
> rather not be. It displays a small color-coded icon next to any
> hyperlinks, advising you of the relative safety of that site. The
> accuracy of the coding is quite good and is updated constantly via
> user input.
>
> Here's the WOT site: http://www.mywot.com/

I've been using NoScript for quite a while. I visited the WOT site, by
seeking it out through Firefox > Tools > Add-Ons, and looked at some
recent comments at the bottom of their page:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456

Looks like NoScript is a better tool:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

--Guy K. Haas
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley

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References:
RE: A new level of spam?: From: Bonnie Granat
Re: A new level of spam?: From: Suzette Leeming
RE: A new level of spam?: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: A new level of spam?: From: Larry Usselman

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