Verisign EV certs get the green text along with the name of the company in the browser (ex: https://paypal.com)
More information: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-...
More information: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-...
In general, no one should ever do business with Verisign, due to their practice of domain slamming, their Site Finder misfeature, and other shady practices.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/14/verisign_hit_with_sl...
through Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_scams#cite_note-6
"VeriSign was sued in 2002 for their actions in sending ambiguous emails informing people, often incorrectly, that their domain was about to expire and inviting them to click on a link to renew it. Renewing the domain resulted in the registration company being transferred to VeriSign from the previous registrar."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate
(I don't know the difference between standard SSL certificates and EV ones)