Net Nanny, Cyber Sitter etc. recommendations please

Tangerine

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on which filtering software or kid's browser was better.

I need to put something on the kid's PC so they can surf safer and I'd rather stay away from anything very invasive, hard to get rid of, or any spamware or other nasties that some software comes with.

Thanks for any help :)

 

Tangerine

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Thanks for answering.

It's not that I need to spy as much as filter things so they don't accidentally get an inappropriate web page, by misspelling a web address or something. My kids are very young, 5 and 7.

They have supervision online of course, I just want to take extrra precautions.

 

bsobel

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Originally posted by: Tangerine
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on which filtering software or kid's browser was better.
I need to put something on the kid's PC so they can surf safer and I'd rather stay away from anything very invasive, hard to get rid of, or any spamware or other nasties that some software comes with.
Thanks for any help :)

Norton Internet Security Pro includes per user settings that you as a 'parent' can setup for your children. I recommend it if you have older children (disclaimer, I work for Symantec and have worked on this product). However if your children are real young (2-5/6) you might consider this coupled with NIS to protect against trojans/viri/etc. It's what I use for my 2 1/2 year old.

Bill
 

helppls

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However if your children are real young (2-5/6) you might consider this coupled with NIS to protect against trojans/viri/etc

heh, kids nowadays... i can see one googling for 'funlove' and trying to download it
 

Tangerine

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That childrens desktop looks interesting bsobel, thanks for the suggestion.
Yeah, my kids are young, so that looks like the way to go.

I remember a couple years ago, my daughter dragged IE into the recycle bin somehow, but of course it was too large, so it must have asked her if she wanted to delete it permanently, which of course she did! :D

 

bsobel

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Originally posted by: helppls
However if your children are real young (2-5/6) you might consider this coupled with NIS to protect against trojans/viri/etc

heh, kids nowadays... i can see one googling for 'funlove' and trying to download it

I'm not sure if you were making a joke or not. But the reason I recommend them both is that the Childrens Desktop/Browser doesn't provide any protection against threats such as worm/trojans/etc and that protection extends not just when your kids are using the system but with the parents also.

Bill
 

Ynog

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Tangerine,

Just another thought. I don't know what kind of system your children use. However
to prevent your children from accidentally deleting programs, ie Internet Explorer, you
might want to upgrade to an OS like Windows 2000, where you can actually limit
the abilities your children have on the PC. You can make them just a users, where
they have the permission to run certain applications, but not delete them from
the system.

Now this will not solve your problem with the content of their web browsing.
However it will help to avoid the accidental removal of needed files. I would like
to point out that with Windows 2000, you can still run many of the applications
that you would under Windows ME, or 98. So if you children have software,
it will most likely run under 2000, (not sure all of it, but most stuff does).
Just a thought.