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internet family protection software - Mcafee family protection

pookie

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Posted September 22, 2012 at 6:02PM

Hello,

I was with Talktalk which had a family protection filter which you could enable/disbale various categories. Eg you could disable all filesharing, gaming etc sites and this applied to all devices conencting through the modem router. This was all to stop the kids accidently coming across inappropriate websites.

I have moved to BT and their package came with Mcafee family protection. However, this software/filter system seems very hard to set up and is for each user individually rather than all users. I have set the age setting for my daughter but it's so strict it blocks google and youtube.

I have gone through Mcafee setup instructions and checked online.

Is their any free software that you can use to setup filters on individual pcs? We are all using Windows 7 and wireless connections.

Kind regards

P

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rdave13

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Posted September 22, 2012 at 6:28PM

How about Win 7's own parental control? click here

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pookie

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Posted September 23, 2012 at 10:40AM

Thank you. That seems to be setting times for computer use and also games. I really need something with tick box categories eg porn, filesharing, gaming etc

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rdave13

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Posted September 23, 2012 at 11:03AM

If you download Family Safety to run with the Parental Control you can then limit websites etc. click here. It's been a while since I used it but you need to install it on all the PCs for full control. You then get reports of usage from the FS web page on your PC. Worth a look anyway.

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pookie

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Posted September 23, 2012 at 11:45AM

Thank you. I'll look at it after lunch. Doing a roast at the moment!

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pookie

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Posted September 23, 2012 at 4:33PM

Perfect - thanks!

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rdave13

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Posted September 23, 2012 at 5:11PM

Glad you're sorted and it's a freebie.

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