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Pt. 4 of 10 | 2:57 |

Safe Surfing - beginner's guide

Thursday February 12, 2009

In part three we looked at toughening up the settings in your Web browser to keep your children safer. For many of you that won't seem like enough so you may want to look at parental control products like NetNanny, CyberSitter, or CyberPatrol.

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Show Notes

- Tweaking browser settings will only accomplish so much when it comes to keeping young people safe on the Internet. Time to look at parental control software.

- NetNanny is an established product that has versions for home, business, PC, Mac, and more. It works on a subscription system.

- It blocks pornography sites, lets you control what your children can see and monitors Instant Messages.

- NetNanny also monitors social networking sites like Facebook.

- CyberSitter is another established product that has some excellent features.

- It runs in the background and can't be turned off by your children.

- It monitors instant messages and sites like Facebook and MySpace.

- You can set Internet hours and sends you email reports.

- CyberSitter is software you pay for with NO subscription fees.

- CyberPatrol monitors activity, protects your privacy and personal information.

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