Filters and Other Tools
Pornographers are finding more and more ways to recruit new customers. For an overview of their methods, see the article Tricks Pornographers Play. Finding good tools to stop the flow of obscene material into your computer can be challenging. There are hundreds of filtering products out there, but not all are easy to use and effective. We recommend the below sources based on feedback from our visitors, industry reviews and personal experience.
Filtered Internet and Email
Covenant Eyes: Covenant Eyes was one of the early pioneers of internet accountability tracking. It has recently expanded its product line to include internet filtering along with accountability tracking. The software installs on your PC and logs your web surfing, stores the data on Covenant Eyes servers, and generates reports to the accountability partners of your choice. The program works with all browsers (including MAC) and all internet connections.
K9 Web Protection: (FREE) Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home. K9 Web Protection implements the same enterprise-class Web filtering technology used by Blue Coat's Fortune 500 customers around the world, wrapped in simple, friendly, and reliable software.
Net Nanny: This is the program that we use here at Porn-Free.org. It is easy to install and use, and effective. Net Nanny has been specifically designed to address your concerns, here are a few more customer requested features you’ll find in their latest release:
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•View conversations for web-based IM like
Facebook, Meebo, and MySpace •Receive email notifications in real-time, hourly, daily or even weekly •Block uploading of pictures •Keyword blocking lets you decide if kids should see pages with specific words •Block posting/commenting on Blogs and Forums |
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Open DNS: This service was recommended by one of our visitors. It has a variety of features including parental controls, increased internet reliability, phishing protection and customization. They have FREE version as well as optional enhancements. OpenDNS gives you more than 50 filtering categories to choose from. Simply check the boxes of the categories you want to block and watch your filtering take effect within minutes.
| Safe Eyes / InternetSafety.com: InternetSafety.com™ has been a leading provider of web filtering solutions for consumers and businesses since 1999. The company's flagship software, Safe Eyes®, is the two-time recipient of the PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award, earned a separate Editor's Choice Award from LAPTOP Magazine, and was rated as the #1 parental control solution by America's leading consumer advocacy publication. Other products include Safe Eyes Mobile, the first family-safe browser for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad; EtherShield, a network-level solution offering plug-and-play Internet filtering for business environments; and Safe Eyes Business, an end-point filtering service for businesses of any size. The company's products are used by customers in more than 150 countries. The company also supplies the technology for McAfee® Family Protection online safety software. |
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Techmission Safe Families FREE Internet filtering Software: TechMission provides free Internet Filtering Software and Parental Controls to help protect children online.
Other helpful tools
Accountable2You - We provide a 100% free computer accountability service called Accountable2You Product Suite. It allows members to be transparent with their accountability group. The product includes 2 very powerful monitoring tools that record both Internet websites visited and Windows activity. There is no charge for members or accountability partners.
Content Purity Scanner & Removal Tool
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From their website:
"ContentPurity.com provides parental controls software to detect, remove and
clean up objectionable Content off your PC. You can check if your spouse or
children visit objectionable sites on the internet with our free parental
control tool, Content Scanner . Our
content filtering tool, Child Web Guardian
allows you to block access to objectionable sites. It is the most
effective content filtering product on the
market today. "
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ClearPlay is an
easy-to-use service that enables families to enjoy all of the great
Hollywood movies they’ve always wanted to watch—without all of the junk they
don’t want. All they need is a ClearPlay DVD player and a subscription to
access the thousands of professionally-scrafted movie filters in the
ClearPlay library. Simply put a regular DVD in the player, choose the filter settings, and enjoy the movie — ClearPlay shows the edited version without affecting the DVD. New movie filters are added weekly, and new releases are available within 48 hours. |
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Recommended by one of our visitors: "The best program that myself and most other technicians I've talked to know of is one called . This is a legitimate program. C-Net offers it. The web address is www.malwarebytes.org this program can usually handle most minor infections."
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