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Great software for parental control

The internet is full of all kinds of stuff, both the good and the very bad. Leaving your kids to surf openly without control may lead to traps, scams, and other very serious dangers. But the good thing is that there are plenty of parental control software that have been created to manage your children’s activities online. It is important to protect your kids from having access to all kind of content because whatever they read or find out will always shape their future and mind. There are many free parental controls software. I’ll be introducing you to the very best of them. These application have been tested and rated by many people and are sure to provide you with every useful feature that will help you keep your kids safe.

 

Windows live family safety’ is a useful software program that will ensure that you kids’ online activity is managed. This free software can be set up on any pcs that your children have access to. It has the capability to block or allow websites in addition to limiting searches. If you’re using Windows 7, then you might have the application already set up. If not, you can easy download and set up it for free. There is also ‘Pikluk’ that gives you the opportunity to create a list of websites that you prefer your kids should visit. This software package offers a safe avenue for the kids to access educational software package, video games, videos, and all other kids’ features. Pikluk allows you to create an e-mail for your children with a white-list of people they can communicate with.

 

You can also consider parental controls application named ‘Norton’. This software package has multiple complicated features that include automatic blocking of bad websites, control of computer time, chat and activity supervising, and it reports every online activity on a computer.

 

 

‘OpenDNS’ also is a very good software program that offer plenty of further features apart from blocking a website. To make use of openDNS, you will have to set the nameservers for your computer, and then create a free user accounts.

 

One of the most popular free parental controls application is ‘KidZui’. This application is safe and effective. It seems like a web browser for kids and allows kids to access games, videos, websites and internet contents that have been endorsed by parents all around the world. One feature that differentiates this free parental controls application from others is that, it occupies the complete computer screen. This will discourage children from receiving distracted and moving to places that are not relevant. You may also want to try ‘VisiKid’ application, designed mainly to monitor application activities. VisiKid can also be used to monitor the time spent on websites, with website access facts introduced nicely in graphs and custom class if you choose to view it.

 

Among all of these the best and most awarded is Action Alert. Not only does it do all of the blocking, filtering and time controls of the others, but It’s the only one that does not require any fees and is the easiest to set up.  The software program can be customizedized to notify parents by e-mail or text when children visited a website that has been forbidden or when they talk with strangers online or do other things the parents select to be notified of. This computer software is great because it encourages dialogue between parents and children.