Top 11 Parental Control Software

Parental control software enables parents to protect their children from harm on the Internet. And manage children's online time for effective use of the internet.

1. iShield

iShield is a unique software solution designed to decrease the threat of viewing pornography while browsing the Internet. iShield uses a sophisticated detection engine that analyzes and blocks offensive images displayed in your web browser, protecting your family from pornography.

2. Net Nanny 5

Net Nanny 5 software is the most advanced way to protect your family on the Internet. Finally, you can prevent access to inappropriate sites, limit the amount of time your children spend online, prevent them from revealing private information via email or IM, and generally control their entire Internet experience!

3. PC Pandora

As a parent it is impossible to monitor what your children do on the PC 100% of the time. With the dangers of online predators growing daily you must take precautions now. PC Pandora will monitor computer activity and allow you full access to key logging, instant message chats, password retrieval for myspace and other sites. Find out if there is a potential problem before it's too late.

4. Safe Chat Standard Edition with Parental Controls

Safe Chat Universal Messenger with Parental Controls is a useful and universal instant messenger which supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and ICQ network.

5. Safe Eyes Parental Control

"Parental Controls" is a term that has been widely used to describe tools that allow parents to choose appropriate content for their children. Parental control software has been developed for everything from TV to the Internet. Safe Eyes falls in the later category of Internet parental control software. Safe eyes is a flexible set of tools that allows anyone to determine the type Internet usage that is appropriate.

6. Sentry Total Family Protection

With Sentry Parental Controls: Total Family Protection parents can track every instant message (IM) conversation, website visited and application used on their child¡¯s computer. Parents can also control the amount of time their child can use the computer and connect to the Internet. Parents can even control their child¡¯s keyboard and mouse, transfer files, lock and even reboot the computer ¨C from anywhere.

7. CyberPatrol

CyberPatrol is recommended regularly as the product of choice for online safety by many parent and computer magazines. Its award-winning software is relied upon and trusted by parents, schools, libraries and businesses around the world to monitor and manage their users' Internet access, while providing them with the freedom and safety to explore.

8. PC Chaperone

PC Chaperone combines powerful parental controls and Internet filters to help parents, employers, and school administrators take control of their computers.

9. Parental Control Software

Parental control software Responsible Surfing has a wide range of blocking and filtering tools. It is possible to block websites based on URL´s and the content of web pages. Block applications such as online games, chat, etc.

10. Chat Watch

Chat Watch is an instant message monitoring and logging software for today's most popular instant messengers. With Chat Watch you can log all chats on AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN/Windows Live Messenger, MySpace IM, and Yahoo! Messenger.

11. NoGuest

NoGuest will watch for any guest logins and immediately shut down America Online. It will also keep a log of all guest screen names attempted to be used. This is a must for any parent with kids who use America Online!

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