Parental Control

[J0Al1]

Hi,

Anyone have any idea on the best Parental Control Freeware?

https://www.tucows.com/Windows/Internet/ParentalFilters/

There seem to be a few out there, many un-rated and I'm sure some may not be good enough.

I have McAfee AV, but its a business version, so it doesn't seem to cater for this.

My son has just been given a desktop for games and homework, so its time to sort it.

Any suggestions appreciated

[Phil.]

Safe internet with firefox:
https://www.glubble.com/

Then kill IE:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=how+to+disable+internet+explorer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-GB:unofficial&client=firefox-a

I also suggest to set up a new account (xp i presume) for him with no privileges at all.

[Ste]

Save your time and his time, don't bother installing one cos he'll just find a way around it.

It's his right to be able to look at porn!!

[MattHirst]

I got shouted at by my mum for looking at porn when i was about 14....Don't be mean and just let him, theres nothing wrong with it

He'll have a head start in science at school
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[J0Al1]

Haha, I'm sure. .

Thanks SummY for your suggestion. .

He is 5, so mabye a year or two away from porn, maybe I'm being a little premature, but not harm in putting something basic on there.

He aint getting his mits on my laptop!


Ste, porn doesn't bother me, it's the nasty trojans and bugs etc that come with many of those sites.

[neil.]

Don't want trojans, virii, malware etc? Don't use Windows. Do install THIS. And there are a few decent bits of software for small kids to use too, such as GCompris (which our 5 and 6 year olds use), as well as a lot of Windows games being quite compatible under Wine. Secure, free and not so prone to crashing due to user mess ups. What more could you want?
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[The Artist]

He is a kid. Let him do what he wants. In a couple of years he will know more than you about them.

Just whack avg or avast anti virus on there and superantispyware and occasionally do a scan and make sure everything is ok.

[T1z3R]

in my opinion (and it is just that...my opinion) a child of 5 should be supervised on the net at all times if you dont want them stumbling across things they shouldnt. parental control software isnt 100%. its all too easy to land upon sites of questionable integrity without much fuss. theres worse things than porn on the net. i wouldnt take the chance.
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[chrisw]

[J0Al1]

[J0Al1]

chrisw - The net has free games perfect for his age on it and in a year or so, he can use it as a referance for homework(although I will encouage him to use books as a first option).

I use the desktop too, so no net isn't an option really.

T1z3R - He won't be

My son has an 8yr old friend that is oftain round to play. He is quiet fascinated by my bra n knickers, he tried to pull my T-shirt up the other day and told me his Dad would approve. . LOL, I did chuckle. . .

I'm not bothered or worried about anything, just want to make it a sound environment for him. Don't want him to see anything scary.

[tofu-wtf]

Netgear routers have the option to put in keywords that will block url's....so think of all the bad words that you know and put them in...that way the router will block most of the traffic before it gets to the pc (use fixed ip's and put your own pc in the DMZ so you can still get your pr0n), you can also time access to the internet by IP address, we don't want little jonny on MSN at 2am do we

If it was my kid I would put vista (windows7) on the pc, at least then you have OS based parental controls...which may well be crap but the kid don't know that, and the first time you log onto his/her pc and view the parental control logs....they get the message!!

And those 'free games sites' are often a pain in the ass with their drive by installs of god only knows what, what you have to remember is kids on pc's will just click the OK and some of these sites know that (and some don't even give the option)...little jonny should have an account with no privilages, then you can't shout at him for mucking up the PC, getting a nasty trojan and infecting your pc because you are on the same network and forgot to close that shared folder.

Second thoughts, don't give kids computers they have enough pr0n on their phones
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[J0Al1]

Haha, fair play.

[Urchin]

Just install SafeSquid, content filtering proxy (free), and set the proxy settings in the browser to use it. SafeSquid is available for both Windows as well as Linux. You can download it from https://www.safesquid.com/html/portal.php?page=126

SafeSquid, by default, has keyword filtering enabled to block porn sites. Additionally, you can enforce Google, Yahoo and Bing SafeSearch, so that searches that might result in adult content are blocked.

If you are worried about virus, spyware, etc. you can install Clam Anti Virus (free and open source) and integrate it with SafeSquid, to scan all in-coming content, and block access to infected ones. See https://www.safesquid.com/html/portal.php?page=136

If you would like to use URL Blacklist database to block access to unwanted website categories, download the database from https://www.shallalist.de (free) and use it with SafeSquid.

If you want to block porn images, try PicBlock from https://www.cinchworks.com/ (free).

I suppose this should be more that enough for you

[tutton]

When we had to set it up on a neices computer
we used netnanny, similar to what has been described above, but is highly reccommended

Here is 5.1 download link for the full version
Click here

Very user friendly
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[smegbrains]

I've always setup "K9 Web Protection" on computers I've been told to secure for kids.

It's free and backed by a bloomin huge US company.
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