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WOT as Adware?
This morning I could not get WOT to download new ratings; in effect WOT was disabled.
Turns out it was due to OpenDNS labelling mywot.com as Adware:
http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3588&page=1#Item_0
You can whitelist mywot.com in your OpenDNS dashboard settings- problem solved.
This is the first time OpenDNS has blocked a website I know to be safe- unless WOT has gone over to the dark side!
Dave Lyle
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April 15th, 2009 08:00
How does one manually update WOT? Right click and 'Check for Updates...' has never done anything for me on any of the three computers I have it installed on.
joe53
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April 15th, 2009 09:00
As far as I know, WOT automatically updates/refreshes its ratings when you open your browser. I've never used the right-click in either IE nor in Firefox. I just now tried the right-click in both browsers- didn't do anything for me that I could see either, probably because I had just opened the browsers.
ky331
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April 15th, 2009 10:00
I'm using basic/"non-registered"/default/"non-customized" OpenDNS, and am able to access the www.mywot.com website
joe53
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April 15th, 2009 11:00
Yes, this problem only affected those who customized their OpenDNS block list to include Adware sites.