spent months researching parental control software because I knew I was giving my child a computer for Christmas. Even though we have AOL, I knew he would eventually venture out on his own and find ways around AOL. I had narrowed my decision between this product and another. Seriously, it was a tough decision between the two. I had signed up for the NetNanny newsletter on their website, and a few days later, I was sent a coupon to order their product. So that made the decision for me. And I am glad I picked this.
The controls are very easy to set up. If you misplace the instructions, they are always available on NetNannys website. I can set how many hours a day my child can be on the net, and what time slots those hours can be in. Each day can be different.
Certain programs can be blocked such as AIM or chat program.
You can use this product with one set of rules for everyone on the computer, or you can set it up for multiple users with individual controls.
The content NetNanny blocks is not overpowering. It is important to block objectional material, but not everything. There are different ratings of objectional material you can set the setttings to. NetNanny will show you the sites it blocks, so you can delete them from their list if you want to. Not to mention add your own.
This is not a subscription service. You can buy it in stores or just download it from their site. You have the option to order backup disks or even to pay them to save a "backup" of your software on their servers for you to download at anytime for a specific period of time. I think it might be a year or two.
I am a bit unhappy though that service by phone is 19.95 per incident. But they did make that clear before the program was bought. Email support is free. And this is not available for MACs.
NOTE: Epinions requires me to put in a price that I paid for this. I put in 30, but the truth is I paid 65.00 because I bought this as a combo with 2 other products from their company with a discount.
Recommended
Yes
