Lot of frustrated people out there who don’t know what to do with all the bad rating mywot gives them. Here are some who are trying to do some about it - http://mywot-reviews.info/

Just another extortion scam site, i have a website that has never even been used and it has a very bad reputation already on MyWot, when i emailed them to rectify it they asked for money.Nothing but out and out cyber criminals.

Check out www.host-file.net

I think Sami Tolvanen and his gang are are bunch of crooks that should be in jail!

WARNING! WWW. MYWOT.COM AKA WEB OF TRUST HAS A POOR REPUTATION

We use myWOT in addition to an anti-virus and so far AVG has not complained. About anything and we loaded myWOT after updating AVG. I don't think WOT ever intended that MyWOT be used without an anti-virus. It would not protect most email programs which run without a web browser.

Sorry - could not edit and the comment is too hard to read, so I am reposting: (monitors, please remove my previous comment, thanks.)

IF what Vicky L. says is true, then why arent more users complaining ? I began using myWoT because users on other forums are giving it thumbs up. Seems to me that WOT needs to watch what others browse if WOT is doing any intelligence analysis.
Persistent cookies: How can WOT evaluate any user votes or comments for credibility? If WOT didnt want anyone to read their uploads, WOT would have masked or encrypted it in the plugin.

There are three AV programs (besides Norton which is too difficult to remedy if broken) which we use and not one is perfect: (1) AVG is least CPU hungry, (2) AVAST is great for games because of its sandbox feature which isolates risky applications, and (3) Avira which is configurable to a fault. When fully configured, Avira can slow down a computer by examining the uploads and downloads.

Apple computers seem not as vulnerable as Windows platforms but their methods are primarily proprietary. Apple appears to support MacScan2 to remove viruses which could infect Windows programs.

Linux is a forest of complexity but may be configured to be more secure than other platforms because it has smaller market share: Fedora or ubuntu Linux distributions are rated by distrowatch dot com to be among the most popular for desktops. These two have different strategies for security: SELinux (secure enterprise) for Fedora and apparmor (similar in concept to sandbox for ubuntu.

So, whatever your method of malware defense, keep your computer updated. Persistently. Set the auto updaters to check every day and on every reboot. For privacy issues, pester your local and national legislators.

The bottom line is that the malware hacker and -privacy indifference- industries are so aggressive that (as techies know) they are always closer to the edge of technology than the anti-malware industry. (Just check out the the latest bills proposed in the U.S. Congress which tend to justify apparent violations of the U.S. Constitution. ) Safety is in the hands of the user. Work diligently. Work smart.

If what Vicky L. says is true, then why aren't more users complaining ? I started using myWoT because other users on other forums were giving it thumbs up. Seems to me that WOT needs to watch what others browse if they are doing any intelligence analysis. Persistent cookies: How are they to evaluate any user votes or comments? If they didn't want you to see what they upload, they could have masked or encrypted it in the plugin. There are three AV programs (besides Norton which is too invasive and CPU greedy) which we use and not one is perfect: (1) AVG is least CPU hungry, (1) AVAST is great for games because of its "sandbox" feature which isolates risky applications, Avira which is configurable to a fault and when fully configured, Avira can slow down a computer by examining the uploads and downloads. Apple computers seem not as vulnerable as Windows platforms but their methods are primarily proprietary although they appear to support MacScan2 to remove viruses which could infect Windows programs. Linux is a forest of complexity but may be configured to be more secure than other platforms because it has smaller market share: Fedora or ubuntu Linux distributions are rated by distrowatch dot com to be among the most popular for desktops. These two have different strategies for security: SELinux (secure enterprise) for Fedora and apparmor (similar in concept to "sandbox") for ubuntu. The bottom line is that the malware hacker and "privacy indifference" industries are so aggressive that (as techies know) they are always closer to the edge of technology than the anti-malware industry. (Just check out the the latest bills proposed in the U.S. Congress which tend to justify apparent violations of the U.S. Constitution. ) Safety is in the hands of the user. Work diligently. Work smart.