Web Patrol - The Best Child Protection Software

Web Patrol provides an individualized approach to managing and monitoring your child's activities on the Internet. You can monitor or restrict your child's access to websites, social networking, and instant messaging so that you can safeguard their well being while still allowing them access to relevant information and appropriate social interactions. As the parent you can obtain a report of the websites and applications they use, monitor their keystrokes and using our website and application filter, block them from using potentially dangerous websites or social media outlets. With the added feature of being able to receive remote reports, via email, of your child's online activity you can be comfortable that they are protected whether you are at home or not.

Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP

~~$39.95~~ $29.95

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Website Filtering	yes	yes
Application Filtering	yes	yes
Time Controls	yes	yes
Keylogger	no	yes
Website Monitoring	no	yes
Application Monitoring	no	yes
Screenshot Capturing	no	yes
Remote reporting	no	yes
Top10 Reports	no	yes
Free 24/7 technical support	no	yes

Key Features

Top 10 Used Applications and Visited Websites

One of the top concerns for parents is making sure that their children are not visiting adult content websites or other websites that could potentially lead them into trouble. As a parent you can warn your children about these websites and can block many of them from view, but what if your child stumbles across them anyway? With our easily viewed list of Top 10 visited websites and applications you can quickly check to make sure your child is only viewing parent approved content. This feature will allow you to put your mind at ease since you can know with a click of the mouse if there is a problem.

Website and Application Monitoring

The Web Patrol software also lets you delve into your child's activities in more depth by allowing you to review a list of every website your child visits to ensure that they are not viewing pornography, hate sites, or suspicious chat rooms. You can also monitor any applications or games they are using to make sure they are age appropriate and safe. If they are not, you can then use the website filter to block future viewing. Knowing that you can review all of your child's activity quickly will put your mind at ease.

Keystroke Monitoring

The keystroke monitoring aspect will allow you to enable the Web Patrol software to capture the exact keystrokes on the computer. By capturing your child's keystrokes you can check that your child is not communicating with a potentially dangerous person in an inappropriate manner. You can be more assured that your child did not manage to enter an adult focused chat room or happen to friend a potential online pedophile who may be posing as a child. The keystroke monitoring adds one additional layer of security to help protect against your child giving out personal information to possibly harmful individuals.

Screenshot Capturing

Just monitoring what your child sees on standard websites is not enough. You also need to monitor other communication avenues such as instant messaging and email. Your Web Patrol software package will allow you to set up screenshot capturing so that you can routinely review what pictures your child sees online or via IMs, chat rooms or email. It will allow you to know what your child is receiving and viewing from others via all the different communication avenues available.

Website and Application Filter

The Website and Application Filter will allow you to block your child from visiting less than desirable websites and from launching questionable applications. It can proactively keep them away from pornographic content, chat rooms, sites that promote any sites that you specifically target as not appropriate. It will also allow you to block instant messaging such as MSN, Yahoo Messenger or Skype. Since many adults targeting kids are adept at making contact via IM this feature is vital.

Social Networks Filter

A sub-feature of the website and application filter is the Social Network Filter. This section of the larger filter is dedicated to only social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. It provides parents with a simple interface to block access to these sites. With the advent of how much people share on social media sites it can be an easy way for people to learn about your children and develop a potentially harmful relationship. By using the social networks filter you, as the parent, can decide which sites your child is ready to use.

Time Controls

Our time controls allow you to specify which hours of the day for each day of the week your child is allowed Internet access. This feature helps you ensure that your child is only on the Internet when you are available to monitor his activities. There is also an advanced option that allows you to prevent users from changing the computer's system time so you can rest assured that your child cannot access the Internet except during your designated times. The time controls feature also allows you to set a maximum number of hours for online access so that your child cannot play games or surf the web more than you deem acceptable.

System Security

With children becoming more and more computer savvy, any systems control software needs to have a good system security so that your children cannot circumvent the controls you put in place to monitor for their Internet activities. Rest assured that your Web Patrol software is robust enough to allow you peace of mind while not being so cumbersome that you cannot easily update any system setting with a keystroke or mouse click. You will be able to quickly customize your protection settings to ensure your child's safety while not allowing your child to quickly find ways to get around or modify your settings.

Individual User Settings

Since every child is different and every age is different, Web Patrol software provides you with individual user settings that you can customize to fit your needs. By using the simple user interface you can quickly block or unblock specific websites or applications, time box your child's video game session, block all or some social media websites and limit your child's access to instant messenger applications. Every setting you set up is changeable so that as your child progresses you can reassess the level of access they are capable of handling.

Remote reporting via Email

What if your child needs to use the Internet while you are not there to oversee his activities? Well, with Web Patrol software you can set up remote reporting so that you can have individualized reports emailed to any email address at any time. With remote reporting you do not have to be in the same room to monitor your child's online activity. Just use the simple interface to decide when and what to email yourself and rest assured that your child's activity will be monitored.

Easy to Install and Use

By taking parents' busy lives into consideration we at Web Patrol software have made installation and usability simple and quick to use. The application, using a standard procedure, will install itself with only a few clicks from you. Then the parent interface is straightforward and very user friendly. It will walk you through all the steps you need to take to ensure your child is safe and secure online. For any questions that arise, application help can walk you through the answer so that your valuable time is not wasted.