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| 216810 | 2004-02-20 02:01:00 | i am getting a new pc for a friend of mine that has a teenage boy just getting interested in girls what is the best program to get that will block access to adult sites as she doesnt want him accessing these sites thanks phill |
phylip (1886) | ||
| 216811 | 2004-02-20 02:04:00 | Probably zone alarm is the most popular one to use! | yingxuan (3330) | ||
| 216812 | 2004-02-20 02:38:00 | zonealarm is not quite what you need. while the pro ver does have site blocking you have to know what to block before he uses it. a host file is about the same, theres even an adult one for blocking known adult sites. however what you really need is filtering software which is something i've never used. you could always ask the school what they use. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 216813 | 2004-02-20 02:40:00 | Sadly most of the internet blocking programs out there also have ways and means of getting around them and the methods to do so are widely available on the internet. At the moment one of the more effective programs is Norton Internet Security however I am judging on what I have been told NOT from first hand knowledge. A more effective way would be to monitor closely her son's usage. There are many programs available to do this. Once he is found deviating from what is allowed then remove computer rights for a while. Do NOT rely on history and cookies to track his usage as these are very easily cleared. One thing to make him very aware of is porn diallers, these very nasty pieces of work reroute internet connections through to international lines which Telecom charge a veritable fortune for per minute. Also putting the computer in a public area will help to curtail his "viewing" I found the Lounge was the most effective place for us. I went through a similair thing when letting my 13 year old daughter (13 coming on 21) get access to the net. She was shown the nasty side of things out there and how to avoid them and I also showed her what I was monitoring ( her face when I pulled up her messenger convos was priceless ). We have had no problems with improper "viewing" from either her or her friends that come to visit including the boys. |
dipstick01 (445) | ||
| 216814 | 2004-02-20 03:48:00 | Supervision > * | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 216815 | 2004-02-20 03:54:00 | and TRUST. | albatross (343) | ||
| 216816 | 2004-02-20 04:28:00 | Maybe "NetNanny" although I don't know anything about it. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 216817 | 2004-02-20 04:39:00 | I endorse everything that Dipstick01 has suggested, particularly the recommendation to put the computer in a public area. Another sly trick that can be used is to tell the child/children that no matter what they do or where they go their tracks can and will be checked at random periods. Doing this a few times is guaranteed to keep them in line. ;-) Don't forget though, that innocent browsing can sometimes take a surfer to undesirable pages. Searching for game cheats can be one such trap. |
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