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  1. Quote post:#18: I already gave one example (almost at random). Trojan Killer (as opposed to Trojan Remover) is not 'Rogue Software' as tagged by g7w and never has been. Yes, in post #8 you stated; "I don't use Trojan Killer and have no particular view regarding its performance ..." Is this topic you created about WOT Web of Trust or about me? You seem to be pretty critical about things you're not familiar with or software you have not installed / evaluated. Back in Aug 2011, I DL'ed TrojanKiller, ran it, it identified known Windows processes as malware - which is why, at that time, I chose to use the term rogue - maybe you have a different definition, I generally use "rogue" for: ransomeware / scareware / rogueware / crapware. Here's how WOT works. If you trust the domain:trojan-killer.net, then rate it [high / green] offer a comment on the scorecard, if you're registered WOT ratings are not permanent, they lose weight over time (fade away), though comments remain until the user deletes them or edits them. So, for example, ratings I made back in 2008 / 2009 / 2010 are no longer effective with a domain's reputation, though my comments proffering a reason for those ratings remain. WOT's rating system is dynamic, it realizes things change over time: a domain once registered by a known spammer then, could very well be a legitimate site today - many of these examples are on WOT's forum with new admins requesting review.
  2. It appears in the "middle green" as when I posted the 2 links My comment was about quality / confidence of ratings; look at the "people" icons on the left-side of the rating bars, compare to the parent domain (higher confidence); it appears that the parent domain has more ratings, than the newsletter subdomain, or people view newsletters in Outlook Express or other non-web mail reader.
  3. In the OP the domain dukeo.com and affhelper.com are referenced. Both promote MLM/ Affiliate / stay at home, "get rich quick" schemes. There's tens of thousands of those sites online selling everything from bogus teeth whitener, to CPAlead-style SMS charge IQ tests / surveys. look at: http://bgp.he.net/dn...lper.com#_whois then http://bgp.he.net/dn...edia.com#_whois Save this DL as a PDF: http://www.scribd.co...ecret_password= the domain it references is [expired Feb 2012]: http://who.godaddy.c...MANIPULATOR.COM I rate this crap poorly, if you trust it though and you use WOT, you have the freedom to give it excellent ratings. QUOTE post #2: Web of Trust is a community based rating system, that means, like anything that is community based, that all ratings are based on the opinions of the users within the community. Not true, WOT employs trusted sources - automated ratings: hpHosts, MDL, SURBL, more: https://www.mywot.co...Trusted_Sources Quote post #3: I mean, come on people, Telus is a huge corporation previous rant here: http://forums.malwar...showtopic=80577 Apparently not many many WOT users subscribe to the Telus newsletter, compare the main domain with the newsletter subdomain scorecards: https://www.mywot.co...ecard/telus.com https://www.mywot.co...etter.telus.com How to keep WOT from warning about a site (domain / subdomain / IP)? Simple: rate it. WOT does not warn you for sites you trust. Quote post #4: Web Of Trust can be manipulated, however their system requires a certain amount of participation before you are able to manipulate the ratings at all, and there are different levels of membership. Wow, hear that one at least... twice a month. Manipulation by whom? A single user? a group of 5 forum regulars? A bot? How about a user with multiple accounts [spammer]? rather than retype, please look at the WOT wiki FAQ (in it's entirety): https://www.mywot.com/wiki/FAQ As for "membership levels" You are referring to activity score which != a user's relibility; please see: https://www.mywot.co...Activity_scores https://www.mywot.co...ing_reliability Quote post #5: g7w (Platinum) 61,862 = 962 posts per day average, EVERY DAY since Nov 2008 40.08 posts per hour - that is .6 posts per minute every minute since Nov 2008 around the clock non stop. Thanks! And to think, I am #3 If you really want to do some calculations, try #1: https://www.mywot.com/en/user/1965863 I was about to rate a small group of domains when I noticed a message about this thread. Here's my tracks, tell me if any of you disagree for rating these poorly for Malware distribution. start here: http://vxvault.siri-...he.php?ID=15640 snag the domain name: guarantortestingservant.info BFK dnsLogger is good for this one: http://www.bfk.de/bf...ant.info#result navigate to the IP link: http://www.bfk.de/bf...0.207.99#result snag the domains: crashescarepc.info systemtesterpc.info testcustodianperfomance.info defenderdetectionon-line.info scannercontrolcare.info caredataspyware.info perilsverifyspyware.info keepercomputerrescue.info crashesprotectorrescue.info brittlenessefficiencyscanning.info perfomancemicrosoftwreck.info centerutilitywreck.info verifyon-linescan.info detectservantscan.info processesvulnerabilityscan.info controldebuggerclean.info inspectorguarantorcustodian.info stabilitythreatcustodian.info centeron-linedetection.info perfomancecrashesprotection.info on-linetaskssolution.info taskscontrolwarder.info testwormswarder.info preventiontestdanger.info keeperreliabilitydanger.info protectprotectorscanner.info warderinfectionkeeper.info worryprotectordeliverer.info scantoolscenter.info dangerinspectiontester.info dangerinformationcomputer.info saverpreventioncomputer.info riskshighsolver.info spywareantivirusminimizer.info inspectormicrosoftminimizer.info testerrisksoptimizer.info infectionwindowsoptimizer.info activitycaremonitor.info keepprotectionmonitor.info debugspywarecrashes.info preventiontestercrashes.info inspectionreliabilityanalysis.info cleantesterrisks.info netrisks.info inspectorfirewallperils.info processescustodianworms.info remedynettrojans.info activitycrashesqueerprocess.info netcenterbrittleness.info saverscanningproofness.info windowsguarantordetect.info stabilityprotect.info guarantortestingservant.info informationcustodianservant.info controlsystemagent.info datawarderagent.info verifyworrylow.info safetyefficiency.info shieldspywareverify.info on-linerescuereliability.info scanningbrittlenessreliability.info delivererscanvulnerability.info debuggerwindowsstability.info microsoftdangerutility.info rate in WOT - 1 click have the comment reference Safebrowsing also throw in a DNS link (basically for my own future reference) re: http://www.google.co...ic?site=!domain DNS: http://www.robtex.co...ns/!domain.html the !domain is a variable replaced by the list entries in the MRT, re: https://www.mywot.co...ass_rating_tool That takes about a minute, with no interruptions. Have a look here: primoclients.com Not an MBAM listed, domain - it just aggregates email address for future spam, also abuses bit.ly Snag the IP that domain sits on and navigate your browser: http://199.168.137.5/ same page. Go "up" or "down" the IP range, identify the domain(s) served on those IP's and you'll have this list: https://www.mywot.co...#comment-133190 WOT wiki has catalog of popular scam / spamvertised domains, where hundreds of thousands of domains are listed on WOT forum: https://www.mywot.co...rum_discussions Quote post #8a: Manipulation is only one concern, whether by mass rating tool or manual. In point of fact simply to visit the number of sites quoted by AdvancedSetup let alone give them even remedial analysis is suspicious. You should read the wiki FAQ link I provided earlier; clearly you have no idea what WOT is or how WOT works. People can rate domains/IP's from various resources. As an example, a few years back Conficker was "popular" - I rated about 80k domains in relatively a short amount of time (a few days) from a list I obtained here: http://www.cert.at/d...nficker_en.html There are many resources which vary from malware to phishing to spamvertised/scams. Quote post #8b: Web of Trust, unlike democracy, lacks a stupidity filter, When you allow stupid people more than one vote then it ceases to be a democracy WOT is not a democracy, it's a Meritocracy (refer to previous link on a user's rating reliability) But, only 1 "vote" per user. You can edit/change your "votes" or you can delete them. When you create more than 1 user account and rate domains - WOT recognizes this as an attempt to game the system [spam] and it allows you to rate, to leave comments with these multiple accounts but it also nullifies the accounts reliability so their ratings have 0 "weight" basically, they're meaningless. Quote post #8c: the tie up with Facebook they have an impact they don't deserve. [all up in your] Facebook... Facebook is a social medium WOT is a "social reputation tool" I suppose this is why FB selected WOT as one of many out-bound link "checkers" SURBL is another one, BTW. I don't "do" FB so I'm not sure about other "checks" - I've been informed there are others. As for WOT on FB. Let's say for example, HCG_diet_pharma.com has an FB page which is currently red in WOT but has 50k followers / "likes" Imagine has trustworthy that domain would be if 5% of their "users" gave high ratings in WOT. That's the thing, many people bash WOT saying it blocked them from some site; all they have to do is rate it - WOT doesn't warn you for sites you rate green. Every WOT add-on user is part of the *community* therefor their ratings count. Not every user is registered; actually less than 1% are registered and only registered users can post a comment: scorecard, forum, blog. I never understood those who have WOT installed but do not use it (rate) and still complain. For those who do not have WOT installed - they'll have no complaints, other than possibly an FB advisory. But that, like a WOT warning, is not blocking access, just follow through to the link - no more harm than Firefox popping up a Reported attack site warning, or OpenDNS throwing up a known Phishing site, or your AV warning against a PUP Some WOT members are members of other forums as well, such as InBoxRevenge, the folks who maintain: spamtrackers.eu Albeit there are MBAM members who are also WOT users... Oh yeah, forgot WOT designed their MRT to be similar the the mass-submission tool available to SiteAdvisor users,only WOT restricts 100 domains/click while SA's is automated. As far as my personal methods for ratings I automate Firefox to browse a list of domains I've acquired via DNS, it builds a simple text file associating HTML Title tag with domain, paste that into a spreadsheet, sort the titles and you get the different spamvertised "brands" as referenced here: https://www.mywot.co...vertised_brands IDSpam - http://spamtrackers.eu/downloads/ uribl.com is a good place to start with 1 domain and follow through the DNS example: http://rss.uribl.com...T_REG_RIPN.html snag: hXXp://www.replicazblogz.com/ http://www.bfk.de/bf...ry=94.63.147.85
  4. First, I would like to extend my gratitude to the folks at Malwarebytes... MBAM has helped a few friends out in time of need. I don't travel forums much anymore so don't be surprised if this is my first and last posting. I do post quite extensively though at the Forums on www.mywot.com Here's my input about this situation, WOT style I'll send off emails to every download site that offers IOBit Did you know they have a RegNow affiliate called: evonsoft.com ? It's right there in the DNS records. (iobit.net redirects to iobit.com but evonsoft.com shares a-records with the same IP), LOL. I hate scams, phish's, spam, and malware. Hope you guys get IOBit shut down for this; yeah... I'm a positive thinker. ;-) peace, - G7W
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