[SOLVED] Do I need WOT or Bitdefender Traffic Lite?
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I've been using Xubuntu for about four years and never had any security problems. Lately though I've been seeing these security sites like WOT or Bitdefender Traffic Lite (which has a version for Firefox and Chrome). Should I be getting one of these things or are they more trouble than they're worth? And if I should be getting one, which one (not just WOT or Bitdefender) is the best?
You're right, we've heard from you much earlier then expected.
I'm not sure if WOT would be an added benefit to a Linux system, however, from the article I found here, the statement under "CONS" would give me second thoughts...
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Should I be getting one of these things or are they more trouble than they're worth?
As ardvark71 already commented on WOT I won't except that it's an after-the-fact-thing too: it only gives you an indication if you're visiting any site it blacklists and it won't stop you from visiting them either. Ow, and obviously it has to send the URI you request to their servers to be able to judge it. Bitdefender Trafficlight (correct name AFAIK) likely does too because it isn't a traditional antivirus suite.
More importantly what we've said over the past years still goes: don't run any stale software (and that includes web browsers, mail clients, PDF viewers and plugins), don't install plugins you don't need (esp. Java), don't enable plugins by default and above all use common sense: if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.
You're right, we've heard from you much earlier then expected.
I'm not sure if WOT would be an added benefit to a Linux system, however, from the article I found here, the statement under "CONS" would give me second thoughts...
Regards...
Hi Ardvark. Yeah, I'm thinking I'll pass. I once saw Kaspersky AV on a Windows computer and when you Googled stuff you could see if Kaspersky approved of the sites listed. I thought that would be helpful but it sounds like WOT or the Bitdefender don't have that. Thanks.
As ardvark71 already commented on WOT I won't except that it's an after-the-fact-thing too: it only gives you an indication if you're visiting any site it blacklists and it won't stop you from visiting them either. Ow, and obviously it has to send the URI you request to their servers to be able to judge it. Bitdefender Trafficlight (correct name AFAIK) likely does too because it isn't a traditional antivirus suite.
More importantly what we've said over the past years still goes: don't run any stale software (and that includes web browsers, mail clients, PDF viewers and plugins), don't install plugins you don't need (esp. Java), don't enable plugins by default and above all use common sense: if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.
Thanks unSpawn. Yeah, after-the-fact doesn't sound very helpful. (Except for maybe slowing things down.) And thanks for the good common sense advice.
I once saw Kaspersky AV on a Windows computer and when you Googled stuff you could see if Kaspersky approved of the sites listed. I thought that would be helpful but it sounds like WOT or the Bitdefender don't have that.
Hi Gregg...
No, WOT is not a traditional AV, although some AV's do have WOT-like components. There are AV's for Linux but on older systems, the weight imposed, particularly by the real-time scanner and possibly other components, might bring them to a crawl.
However, if you want to give one of them a try, let us know and we can give you some ideas.
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 12-05-2015 at 11:13 PM.
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