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Name: bridiebee
Date: September 13, 2004 at 01:06:12 Pacific
Subject: Best Parental Control Software
OS: WIN 98SE
CPU/Ram: 450/256
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Does anyone have any advice on which parental control software to buy? My son is 13 and the pc is in his bedroom so I am looking to find something asap. He has win 98se. I would be grateful for anyone out there who os using one eg net nanny, cyber patrol etc to give me their verdict on using them. Thanks
Bridiebee


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Response Number 1
Name: Johnw
Date: September 13, 2004 at 13:44:41 Pacific
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Don't have need for this type of program myself , these are all free .

We-Blocker
http://www.we-blocker.com
We-Blocker gives parents the opportunity to monitor their children's Internet access and provide them with age-appropriate content, while filtering out sites that contain adult material. In addition, We-Blocker lets parents help other parents by sharing their requests for websites that they want to see filtered. The "We" in We-Blocker stands for our collective community, made up of all We-Blocker users.
Working together, "We" CAN make the Internet safe for everyone!

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iProtectYou
http://www.tucows.com/preview/320513.html
http://www.mywebattack.com/gnomeapp.php?id=105324
Win 98 ,Win 2k ,Win Me ,Win XP .
iProtectYou allows parents to control which web sites can be visited, which programs can have Internet access, block e-mails, chat sessions and instant messages with inappropriate words, stop annoying ads, and/or restrict internet time to a predetermined schedule.

It will gather detailed information about your child's online activity.
Comes provided with a huge built-in database.
Restrict your family members from visiting Web Sites and News Groups that may contain pernicious information.
Block e-mails, chat sessions, and instant messages if they contain inappropriate words.
Control the list of applications that can have access to the Internet.
Set a schedule to specify days and times when on-line activity is allowed.
Secure your computer against hackers' attacks and defend your confidential data from Trojan horses and spy-ware.
Filter boring advertisements; decrease the traffic of junk information to your computer and save your time and money.
Get detailed information about Internet resources used by your computer: web sites that have been visited by your computer amount of data that have been sent or received from/to your computer network resource usage the activity of the Internet applications on your computer View the data of log files in the user-friendly form of charts or diagrams.
Save on the hard drive all Internet content that has been downloaded. + much more.

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SmartParent
http://www.smartparent.com/
SmartParent.com is a resource dedicated to educating parents on the best ways to safeguard their children from the dangers presented by cyberspace. Our goal is to help keep the online experience safe, educational and entertaining for children.

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stopIT
http://www.welshware.co.uk/%5CWelshware/stopit.asp
stopIT is your very own Police Force for Windows 95/98/ME/WinNT/Win2k and Windows XP.
Get your head of the clouds and prevent unauthorised access to site(s)/pages from your desktop
PC .

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Keeping Children Safe Online
http://www.getnetwise.org/americalinksup/

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Welcome to Enough Is Enough
http://www.enough.org/
Lighting the way to protect children and families from the dangers of illegal Internet pornography and sexual predators.

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Empower parents to protect children from potentially harmful material
http://www.icra.org/

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http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/internet_related3_w95.html
http://www.amiweb.ca/
A safe and customizable Web browser which brings excellent educational and entertaining Websites to children ages 4 to 11; features parent’s control panel. Requires IE4 or later for Win95 users, P133 CPU & 32MB RAM .

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The Family Browser
http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/cgi-bin/freedownload/New_Files/n/150/tfb.zip
The Family Browser 1.5 Make Internet surfing safer for your children.
FREEWARE WIN95/98/Me/2000/XP

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Crayon Crawler
http://www.sofotex.com/download/software/615.html
http://www.crayoncrawler.com/
Crayon Crawler is a complete Internet browser and community suite that provides a safe and
secure environment for children to navigate the Internet, send email, play games, and
participate in real-time .

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Kiddie Surfer
http://www.russellsplace.com/variantx/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?cat=107
Kiddie Surfer is a Internet browser designed for kids between the ages of 3 and 7. Parents
control which sites their kids can browse around in, and Kiddie Surfer won't let them go
outside those designated sites. Add an easy interface for the kids and you have a fun, safe
browser for your kids. Download it, you little ones will love it.

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http://asia.cnet.com/downloads/pc/swinfo/0,39000587,39007522s,00.htm

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http://asia.cnet.com/downloads/pc/swinfo/0,39000587,39009155s,00.ht

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How to Configure Internet Explorer 5.x to Block Access to All But Approved Internet Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q267930


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Response Number 2
Name: JOE
Date: September 13, 2004 at 19:02:15 Pacific
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bridiebee,you can control the bad sites with the parent control that is built in with Internet explorer.Click on this link and it will give you info and instructions.

PARENT CONTROL CLICK ME!!

TAKE CARE!!


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