Test review of the blocking software

Pick a blocking software package from the list above. Install it to a PC and test it by browsing the web. Try some of the supposed 'forbidden' sites as well as some controversial issues (feminism, disabilities, minorities, various political movements and organisations). Blog your experiences.

I chose to test Netnanny, since I've heard of it before, and I have a little child to grow, so I need experience how to keep my child away from "bad" websites. There is shareware version of the Netnanny 6 available to download on https://www.netnanny.com/. Price for the full download is 39 $ which is quite affordable. For the first I was a bit confused by the size of the package 30 mb. It seems like Netnanny is written in C++, because installer started to reconfigure my Windows settings for it. After installing it, I was offered to add a user, for the user profile I picked young child and was offered settings as:

Filter settings: Allowed to visit trusted websites only
Time controls: Blocked between 21.00 - 06.00
Monitoring: Enabled all activity
Games: Allowed to play Early Childhood (EC) and Everyone (E)

Then I was typically for the Windows asked to restart my computer -- press save blogpost now;)
After restarting I loged in with my child username and tried to browse internet and got this message:











So, I had to create another user with lower restrictions. When picked add new user I was offered a lot more advanced user adding interface, where I had possibility to connect the username with windows login. I chose another username and picked profile for adult, which was blocked for pornographic websites. Ok time to test to browse the porn...:)

First I just tried to type porn.com for getting access and got this message:












There were possibilities to override the and request for exeption from admin. I chose override and the website opened with all the XXX material in it:)

Then I had a thought to try some WAREZ sites to test with the default settings. I typed warez into google search and got respnse that GOOGLE safe surf is on, and the results are removed.

Also I couldnt remove the google safe search settings and got angry trying this.

I think this type of software is really useful for the parents to keep their kids away from bad websites, but for internet experts etc. this program only makes life annoying;)