Hello! Due to some reasons, I faced the need to find a good program for “restricting” children from “bad” sites.
In this topic, I would not like to talk about the need to control children on the Internet -
this is
what each parent decides for himself . I would like to help those who nevertheless decided to attract specialized software to help. For when searching for the necessary program, I spent a lot of time, and the solution was on the surface.
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So, as I wrote above: it became necessary to find a program of the so-called “Parental Control”, “Internet Filter”. One of the conditions was: “free program”. The deadline for finding the necessary software was small. It should be noted that everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
If you score in Yandex-Google-Bing, etc. request “Parental Control” (well, or similar), then 90 chances out of 100 that you stumble upon a good overview of these programs two years ago on the popular site ixbt:
Utilities for parental control of sites visited by children .
The article is not bad, but this is not what we needed. Let's briefly explain why:
Crawler Parental Control - no longer exists, its development has ceased and links to downloads have been removed.
KidsControl is a good program, but the price is 870 rubles. If you put on a home computer, it may fit. Yes, and the last update of the program was oh how long ago.
ParentalControl Bar is also an “old man”, already forgotten by the developers. IE8 - kills through time. Yes, and nothing prevents to run another browser. The default black and white list is missing.
Spector Pro - in contrast to the above - is not abandoned. But the price of $ 99.95 repels.
CyberMama is an abandoned project. Yes, and can not filter sites.
The computer was already groaning from the control programs installed on it. And already preparing to sleep, I stumbled upon one of the forums on the
Internet Censor program .
Having visited their website, the thought arose: “and how much does it cost ?!”. But immediately I saw: “distributed for free.” Already not bad.
I looked at the main features on the site - they satisfy the request. The primary list of "good" sites is, you can add your own. There are opportunities to switch the "rigidity" of control. Updates. Simple interface, etc.
Went to the license agreement - meets the requirement. You can set as you like, and anywhere.
I decided to test it.
The result pleased more than.
Initially there is an excellent verified list of trusted sites. Test polazil on the Internet - even somehow not very much felt the presence of the program. But when trying to “get to where it is not necessary”, or “to jump out what is not necessary” - the program gladly reported in a beautiful form: “aa-yay”.
It is strange that the link to this program never jumped out to the “popular” requests for parental control.
Let's go now to the program itself.
It is located on the official website of
Internet Censor . It is worth noting that the site looks quite nice eye.
The site contains instructions both in Video Format and in pictures. Will be able to put any housewife.
After installation, we are greeted by the welcome screen of the program, asking to enter a password (it starts up during installation):

After entering, we will be greeted by a quite friendly and intuitive interface:




In general - lyapota. All the necessary settings that may be needed - are available.
Now let's see how friends with antivirus, in the list of "friendship":
The line of current products Kaspersky
Outpost Security Suite Pro
Symantec endpoint
Esed NOD32 Smart Security 4
Dr. Web Security Space
Free avast! 4 Home Edition
BitDefender Total Security 2009
PC Tools Internet Security 2009
Mcafee internet security
Panda Global Protection
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro
AVAGA FireWall
ZONEALARM Internet Security
Kerio Personal FireWall
Which is very good.
In general, the program can be described for a long time. If there is a need, then you can read and download it here:
Internet CensorThe most interestingThe program is absolutely free. Developers - domestic. Updated well. It has an alert for mail, etc. The site is pleasant to the eye. Help system - at the level. There is even a recommendation to use this program from the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. But about her very little information on the Internet. Most links to commercial products, often with a lack of Russian language.
AfterwordI will not say that this is "not advertising." Hurry even she herself. Only completely free and based on the usual enthusiasm.