Nowadays Internet is full of spywares, viruses and adult sites it's very important to control our kids activity on Internet. So parents should consider an opportunity to get a good Internet filtering software. For them and their children this might become one of the greatest inventions of all time.
Internet filtering software enables users (parents) to control the content that can be displayed and the content that must be blocked. User may block website under a password. Such software not only filters websites but also emails and blocks unwanted pop-ups. Children also won't be able to join chat rooms that are created for adult users.
Only one problem might occur - which filtering software is the best and which one to use.
There are some options that makes one Internet Filtering Software better than the others. Maybe we don't have a perfect product in our market today, but there exists different software that can help you. The only thing you have to do is to decide what kind of software you and your family needs.
In general a good software must be user-friendly. It must be understandable for parents that don't use computer too often. And it must have a function of sensitivity customization. If there are children of different age groups in the family the filtering must be individual for each of them. Different profile accounts must be created for each family member.
It's also better to have a software that enables URL filtering, Keyword filtering, and dynamic content filtering. You can set particular sites that should be blocked, or sites that contains keywords like “sexâ€. And with the help of dynamic content filtering you will be able to use all available filtering methods. The software must be able to block a sites of all languages. It doesn't matter if the word “sex†is written in Chinese, the site containing this word must be blocked.
For most parents it's important to know what his youngster was doing on the Internet, so you should look for software that provides such reporting. Most of software has different reporting capabilities. The report might be given in graphical way or you can get a detailed history reporting.
You must know that Internet filtering which is based on client-server is better than others.
A good Internet filtering program must filter not only websites, but also chat rooms that are not for kids, emails that contains spam or porno advertisements, peer-to-peer, bulletin boards, pop-up windows, etc. Also it has to let you to change the content of blocked objects and the notification must be comfortable for you. You must have the opportunity to know the actions done with computer while you're at work or abroad and the software must have a remote management function.
If a software has all these functions and even more you can be sure that it's the right decision for your family safety.