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Internet Filtering Programs: We have assembled 3 of the best Internet filtering programs for you to look at.  | * Easy to install, configure & manage
* Perfect for parents with less computer experience
* Blocks pornography & other objectionable content
* Protects children and families
* Manage and Observe Internet Activity from anywhere
* Integration with Safe Search features in popular search engines
* See reports of your children's internet activity
* See logs of your children's instant messages
* Also blocks bad content on Peer-to-Peer networks and other areas
* Password protected access for parents
* Customizable restrictions for each family member.
* Software updates itself automatically. Never an additional cost.
* Advanced customization features for more experienced users
* Unlimited Toll-free Technical Support | |
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| Safe Eyes Parental Control Software Includes: Content Controls - Flexible content control allows you to select the types of website that are appropriate. Program Controls - Control Instant Messengers, P2P File Sharing, and other harmful programs. Time Controls - Control the amount of time spent online, and the times when the internet is available. Usage Logging - Create and review logs of websites visited, programs used on the Internet, and Instant Messaging Chats. Usage Alerts - Be notified instantly via email, text message, or phone call when someone visits inappropriate websites.
Parental Control Software For Website Content There are many different types of websites that can be potentially harmful to children. With 35 categories, our parental control software gives you the ability to fine tune access to websites and ensure that harmful content is blocked. Our effective Internet control will ensure that your children are protected whenever they go online. Instant Messaging Parental Control Software
Whether you are interested in blocking Instant Messaging or just monitoring who your children are chatting with, Safe Eyes parental control software helps you accomplish the task with ease. Our parental controls allow you to monitor Yahoo!, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, and MSN Instant Messenger. Control Time Spent Online with Safe Eyes Parental Control Software The Internet can be a great resource for homework, research projects and fun activities. But it can be easy to get sidetracked playing games or watching videos online. Our parental controls allow you to specify the amount of time that can be spent online, and the times of the day when the Internet is available. | |
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| Cyber Patrol
Flexible Content Filtering Options Use the ‘ready-to-go’ filter settings, or customize for each user. - Block porn and other unsuitable web sites, content and images
- Choose from Child, Young Teen, Mature Teen or Adult settings
- Select from 9 commonly blocked categories including Adult, Chat, Drugs, Gambling
- Create your own pre-approved list of sites
Limit Access to Programs Do you want to make some programs ‘off-limits’ to your children? - Block IM, chat, games or home finance programs
- Prevent program downloads that can harm your PC
Restrict Chat & Instant Messaging Keep cyberbullies, online predators and scammers away from your kids. - Protect personal information (address, phone number, etc.) from being revealed
- Block objectionable words and phrases used by cyberbullies and predators
- Choose from an enhanced list of common cyberbullying phrases to block
Monitor Internet Activity Know where your kids go online. - Get detailed reports on web pages visited, time and length of visit
- View and save weekly and daily summaries
- Easily block future access to objectionable sites
Limit Time Online Too much Internet? Create predetermined time rules. - Limit based on time of day, or daily/weekly cumulative time allowances
- Control both Internet and program use
- Once time limits are reached, a blocking message appears
Manage User Profiles Manage Internet access for as many people on one PC as needed - Create multiple users with different filtering levels
- Integrates with existing user names on Windows XP and Vista
CyberPatrol - Parental Control and Internet Filtering Software for Families, Business, and Education. Click Here
| | Spector Pro
| You tell Spector Pro which words and phrases to watch out for - for example, "sex," “drugs,” “guns,” "phone number," "where do you live," "are your parents home," "I hate my boss" - whatever YOU decide to include. You also tell Spector Pro where to send the INSTANT ALERTS (you specify your email address at the office or on your cell phone).
Then, when the person using the computer TYPES in one of these words or phrases, or when they are chatting and one of these words comes up, or when they are sending or receiving an email with one of these words or phrases, Spector Pro responds IMMEDIATELY and sends you an email letting you know exactly what is happening so you can take action. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Hardware based Parental Controls:
There are two types of Hardware based Parental Control devices. A Router and a Proxy Server. Both of these generally go between your broadband connection and your network.They in essence capture all the traffic coming into and out of your home and filter or block that traffic depending on how they are setup. The Router with parental controls: A Router with parental controls built in has some type of software either running on it or it directs all of the traffic in and out through an external Proxy server that is hosted by the hardware vendor on their network. This is all seamless and you won't even know its happening. It does the same thing that a piece of filtering software running on your PC will do but it does it for all the connected devices in your home. This is nice in that it relieves you from having to install and update each computer in your house and if a computer gets messed up and needs to be reloaded you don't have to worry about reloading your software. Most of the Routers up to this point that had parental controls built in required you to pay some monthly fee for filtering capability.
PIA offers a router that is pre-configured with OpenDNS a free online filtering service. Please click here to learn more about the PIA Router or Click here to learn more about OpenDNS.
These routers also have the ability to limit the time the internet can be accessed but it affects every computer in your household not just the kids computer. The second hardware option is a Proxy Server that resides in your home. This is a lot more complicated but not impossible to do. The Proxy server is a computer loaded with special software that has 2 network cards inside for intercepting all the internet traffic coming and going through your internet connection. The special software can range vastly depending on what you want it to do. IP-COP is a proxy server software that contains DansGuardian, when this software is loaded it will take over an entire computer to be the proxy server as long as it has 2 network cards. You can use an old computer that's sitting in a closet somewhere and install a second network card and then load IP-COP. There are several other similar programs out there but they all require a dedicated PC except Untangle. Untangle can be loaded just like IP-COP but there is also a version that will run on your Windows based computer and act as a proxy server for your home network. Untangle has lots of ways to protect and monitor your network and if your brave enough to try its free.These proxy servers can be configured with user based policies, meaning you can customize the filtering for the user. If mom or dad logs in to the comuter no filtering can be the setting and if Jr. logs in the maximum can be the setting. There are also many commercialy available proxy servers out there if you have the money. Brands include: WatchGuard
Blue Coat
SonicWall
Cisco and many more.. |
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Online Code-of-Conduct ContractI will: | • | Talk with my parents to learn the rules for using the Internet, including where I can go, what I can do, when I can go online, and how long I can be online ( ___ minutes or ___ hours). | | • | Never give out personal information such as my home address, telephone number, my parents' work address or telephone number, credit card numbers, or the name and location of my school without my parents' permission. | | • | Always tell my parents immediately if I see or receive anything on the Internet that makes me feel uncomfortable or threatened, including e-mail messages, Web sites, or even anything in the regular mail from Internet friends. | | • | Never agree to meet anyone in person that I have met online, without my parent's permission. | | • | Never send pictures of myself or other family members to other people through the Internet or regular mail without first checking with my parents. | | • | Never give out my Internet passwords to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents. | | • | Not do anything online that could hurt or anger other people or that is against the law. | | • | Never download, install, or copy anything from disks or the Internet without proper permission. | | • | Never do anything on the Internet that costs money without first asking permission from my parents. | | • | Let my parents know my Internet logon and chat names, listed below: _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ |
Name (child) _______________________ Date ____________ Parent or guardian _______________________ Date ____________ |
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PIA strongly Recommends OpenDNS OpenDNS Parental Controls divide the Internet's content into more than 50 categories. Simply choose your desired filtering level, from "High" to "Minimal," and check a box. Your filtering preferences take effect in just minutes. Further customize your preferences by adding additional categories or individual Web sites that are problematic or unsafe for your household. - Adult Themes
- Adware
- Alcohol
- Auctions
- Automotive
- Blogs
- Business Services
- Chat
- Classifieds
- Dating
- Drugs
- Ecommerce/Shopping
- Educational Institutions
- File storage
- Financial institutions
- Forums/Message boards
- Gambling
- Games
| - Government
- Hate/Discrimination
- Health
- Humor
- Instant messaging
- Jobs/Employment
- Lingerie/Bikini
- Movies
- Music
- News/Media
- Non-profits
- Nudity
- P2P/File sharing
- Parked Domains
- Phishing
- Photo sharing
- Podcasts
- Politics
| - Pornography
- Portals
- Proxy/Anonymizer
- Radio
- Religious
- Research/Reference
- Search engines
- Sexuality
- Social networking
- Software/Technology
- Sports
- Tasteless
- Television
- Travel
- Video sharing
- Visual search engines
- Weapons
- Webmail
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