blocking porn on the internet

Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc, for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet where he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires, usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the internet is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for hours on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window and got a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn sites. He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and we asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just like the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there are safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion "hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to "that sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed, sometimes by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites etc), so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like screening and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh? They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc, for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for hours on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window and got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn sites. He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion "hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to "that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed, sometimes by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites etc), so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like screening and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

Strongly Recommend " NetDog Internet Filter ":
Product website: http://www.NetDogSoft.com
download: http://www.NetDogSoft.com/netdog.exe

Protect your family from pornography with NetDog Internet Filter Now!


Embed "Filtering Engine" into Windows Operation System !!


High Performance Content Filtering Algorithm ! Quick Filter ! !


Support user-defined Url block!! ( black & great url lists ), Support
wildcards (* and ?) and keywords in url !


Password protected with NetDogAdmin !


Simple user interface!


The Most Easy-to-Use Internet Filter: You don't have to do anything
after you install NetDog Internet Filter. NetDog uses special
technology to embed itself into windows operation system, so you won't
find any Netdog process running on your computer. But NetDog will block



all pornographic material automatically. It not only works with
different browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox but also it works
with other Internet programs like email software etc (e.g. Outlook
Express). After installing Netdog, you just visit "playboy.com" and
other porn sites to test. If you are not able to visit them, that shows



your Netdog is working now. If you want to change filtering settings,
you can always use NetDogadmin to do it.


Effective & efficient Filtering algorithm to block all porn sites:
NetDog uses unique "contents filtering algorithm" to block pornographic



websites. It also supports url filtering technology. With this advanced



algorithm and technology, you can completely rely on NetDog to keep
your family safe from pornography.


NetDog,Block Internet pornography Easily !!


Get NetDog Internet Filter now:
Product website: http://www.NetDogSoft.com
download: http://www.NetDogSoft.com/netdog.exe

Thanks for that,

Can I set up a password to limit access to internet explorer, i.e a log on
password before a search.

Cheers Steve


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh? They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc, for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when
guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the
internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for hours
on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window and
got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn sites.
He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the
internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion
"hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to "that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are
worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed, sometimes
by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to
unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites etc),
so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like screening
and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

Can't tell you much about it. I've never played with it. However, IE itself
has some content control. Perhaps a password protected access to the
internet is part of that.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that,

Can I set up a password to limit access to internet explorer, i.e a log on
password before a search.

Cheers Steve


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental
Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh?
They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We
have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc,
for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when
guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that
they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him
and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the
computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet
where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the
internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for hours
on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window and
got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn sites.
He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the
internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just
like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there
are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion
"hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to "that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are
worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed, sometimes
by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to
unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company
and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites etc),
so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like screening
and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

If I might come in on the back end of your suggestion Gary concerning the
blacklisting of porn sites via some program.
SpywareBlaster has an extensive list of blocked porn sites which you might
be able to "leech" and use for the creation of the list.
There are also several other sites or programs which offer such
information.
During the time when my children were of concern, I used a program called
NetNanny.
You might also contact some of the numerous parenting sites for other
programs and/or information.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you much about it. I've never played with it. However, IE
itself
has some content control. Perhaps a password protected access to the
internet is part of that.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that,

Can I set up a password to limit access to internet explorer, i.e a log
on
password before a search.

Cheers Steve


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental
Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how
it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh?
They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below
the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We
have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc,
for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when
guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that
they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him
and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the
computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet
where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the
internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for
hours
on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window
and
got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn
sites.
He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and
we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the
internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just
like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there
are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion
"hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to
"that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with
such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are
worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed,
sometimes
by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to
unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company
and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites
etc),
so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like
screening
and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

Strongly Recommend " NetDog Internet Filter ":
website: http://www.NetDogSoft.com
download: http://www.NetDogSoft.com/netdog.exe

Protect your family from pornography with NetDog Internet Filter Now!


Embed "Filtering Engine" into Windows Operation System !!


High Performance Content Filtering Algorithm ! Quick Filter ! !


Support user-defined Url block!! ( black & great url lists ), Support
wildcards (* and ?) and keywords in url !


Password protected with NetDogAdmin !


Simple user interface!


The Most Easy-to-Use Internet Filter: You don't have to do anything
after you install NetDog Internet Filter. NetDog uses special
technology to embed itself into windows operation system, so you won't
find any Netdog process running on your computer. But NetDog will block



all pornographic material automatically. It not only works with
different browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox but also it works
with other Internet programs like email software etc (e.g. Outlook
Express). After installing Netdog, you just visit "playboy.com" and
other porn sites to test. If you are not able to visit them, that shows



your Netdog is working now. If you want to change filtering settings,
you can always use NetDogadmin to do it.


Effective & efficient Filtering algorithm to block all porn sites:
NetDog uses unique "contents filtering algorithm" to block pornographic



websites. It also supports url filtering technology. With this advanced



algorithm and technology, you can completely rely on NetDog to keep
your family safe from pornography.


NetDog,Block Internet pornography Easily !!


Get NetDog Internet Filter:
website: http://www.NetDogSoft.com
download: http://www.NetDogSoft.com/netdog.exe

Hi Gary,

I can't remember who it was, either yourself or glee (Glen Ventura) or PCR,
but it was suggested that I up grade to IE 6 SP1.

If I was to do so, would all my e-mail addresses be just as they are?

Would I be able to access this newsgroup via outlook express as I do now?

Would my folders and content remain unchanged with the saved e-mails within
them?

In IE would all my favourites be saved to be accessed from IE 6.

Or would I need to save all these and any other "settings and saved" to
reinstall to IE 6

Cheers Steve.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you much about it. I've never played with it. However, IE
itself
has some content control. Perhaps a password protected access to the
internet is part of that.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that,

Can I set up a password to limit access to internet explorer, i.e a log
on
password before a search.

Cheers Steve


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental
Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how
it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh?
They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below
the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We
have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc,
for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when
guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that
they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him
and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the
computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet
where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the
internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for
hours
on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window
and
got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn
sites.
He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and
we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the
internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just
like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there
are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion
"hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to
"that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with
such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are
worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed,
sometimes
by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to
unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company
and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites
etc),
so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like
screening
and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi Gary,

I can't remember who it was, either yourself or glee (Glen Ventura) or
PCR,
but it was suggested that I up grade to IE 6 SP1.

OK, but understand that my later experiments suggest that it may *not* help
with the Windows Updates issue. The HTTPS secure address is the only thing I
've seen work every time.
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

If I was to do so, would all my e-mail addresses be just as they are?

Yes.

Would I be able to access this newsgroup via outlook express as I do now?

Yes.

Would my folders and content remain unchanged with the saved e-mails
within
them?

Yes.

In IE would all my favourites be saved to be accessed from IE 6.

Yes.

Or would I need to save all these and any other "settings and saved" to
reinstall to IE 6

No, you don't need to. IE 6 just isn't all that different from IE5.x. But
backing up your personal data before doing any major programming changes is
just good practice *in_case* something goes drastically wrong.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

Is there an Mvp who would know??

i.e. who knows the most about "msn".

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you much about it. I've never played with it. However, IE
itself
has some content control. Perhaps a password protected access to the
internet is part of that.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that,

Can I set up a password to limit access to internet explorer, i.e a log
on
password before a search.

Cheers Steve


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Might try ETrust's Internet Security Suite. It includes Parental
Controls
which are intended to filter out objectionable content. Not sure how
it
works, whether via whitelist of blacklist, but it's worth a try, eh?
They
have a discounted offer here, (might have to scroll down, it's below
the
stand-alone antivirus offerings.)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

We are on win 98, and are using MSN uk as our home page/browser. We
have
other browsers in our favourites list, i.e google, Alta vista, etc,
for
specific searches when required.

My son, just turned thirteen, is obviously coming to "that age" when
guys
realise that girls are that little bit different, I don,t mean that
they
just take all your money and eat ALL the chocolate.

He is obviously becoming aware and is having education at school, we
answer
all his questions (some of them you feel like saying "go ask your
Mother"),
we have books at home that cover the subject and will read with him
and
explain when needed.

Yesterday, whilst we were watching the Olympics, "J" was on the
computer
playing a game, - bored with that he decided to go on the internet
where
he
sometimes plays other games or searches for what his heart desires,
usually
about space etc, the only computer in the house connected to the
internet
is
in the lounge, as we do not like the idea of "J" being alone for
hours
on
his own on the internet.

But, yesterday he typed in the word "virgina" in the search window
and
got
a
bit of a surprise, basically an endless list of disgusting porn
sites.
He
later told us what had happened, as he is usually very honest, and
we
asked
him to show us what he had done, WE explained the dangers of the
internet
and that we wanted to keep him safe and that the internet was just
like
the
world, there are safe places to go and very dangerous places, there
are
safe
people and dangerous people, etc,etc

I had a look at the sites he had visited and they were in my opinion
"hard
porn", and although I am average and open minded with regards to
"that
sort
of thing" i.e I am not a monk, we would not normally bother with
such
material.

Pandora's box has been opened and although "J" understands, we are
worried
about the ease with which this type of site can be accessed,
sometimes
by
accident.

What is the best way, in your opinion, to limit /block access to
unsavoury
information without affecting our searches.

p.s We have a private I.S.P ( my brother in law runs his own company
and
rents a large amount of server space to host customers web sites
etc),
so
unlike AOL etc there is not the add on bits and pieces like
screening
and
anti-spam etc.

Many thanks for your help,

Steve.