PARENTAL FILTER

Options

Above is a picture of all the options that Parental Filter has to offer, the options are in one place. Look at the options to get more potential out of Parental Filter. Simply click the checkbox to activate an options or click it again to de-activate an option.

Select the checkboxes as you prefer.

Below is a brief description of what each does.

Enable Parental Filter

At times you may need to enable or disable website filtering. When this checkbox is not ticked Parental Filter becomes totally disabled and no filtering occurs. Keep this box ticked to ensure constant filtering. This option is not saved and cannot be saved, this means Parental Filter will always be enabled by default every time it is begun. This options does not disable the proxy filter. You use the stop button for that in the proxy tab.

Start Parental Filter When Windows Loads Up

When you start your computer, you may want Parental Filter to load up automatically as soon as your computer is on, instead of manually starting it by clicking an icon. With this option set, Parental Filter automatically becomes active and starts filtering unwanted content. This option is remembered and stays the same until you change it.

Keep Parental Filter Hidden When Windows Loads Up

This option is in conjunction with Start Parental Filter When Windows Loads Up, with any software application when it loads up it usually shows something, but when you tick this option Parental Filter will remain completely invisible. It will not show anything, but instead remain hidden so no one knows it is there. This is until of course you hit the magic keyboard key which is F10. Then Parental Filter becomes visible again. Unless you have set a password and have selected the next option in which case you type your password on your keyboard and Parental Filter magically appears.

Don't Show Password Dialog. Invisible Login Window.

This option is available only if you set a password, Parental Filter will remain totally invisible, just type your password anytime on your keyboard and if the password is correct, Parental Filter will appear and give you access to the configuration options. F9 key will still hide Parental Filter but pressing F10 will do nothing.

Use Loop back Redirection Method (faster)

Checking this checkbox and using the loop back method means that redirection occurs from your hard-drive, tests have shown that this method is faster because when a site is blocked, Parental Filter will primarily load a page from your hard-disk and then perform the redirection. Note: Pages are not cached on your hard-drive it is just faster to access you C drive first and show a blank page and then perform the redirection later. A JavaScript is used in the blank page to perform the redirection instead of in ParentalFilter.exe. Certain browsers cannot make use of this option such as Mozilla and Opera they simply re-direct as normal.

Periodically Scan IE Favourites For Banned Content

Sometimes WebPages contain scripts that will automatically add their websites into your favourites list. Ticking this option does not remove the script that causes this but instead a scan is made every so often to check if any banned words appear in your favourites list. If they do, such a favourite is deemed objectionable and is deleted.

Periodically Check For IE Homepage Changes

Sometimes WebPages contain scripts that will automatically change the Internet Explorer Homepage. Ticking this option does not remove the script that causes this to happen but instead a scan is made every so often to check that your IE homepage stays at the page you want. The default page is google.com. So if you activate this option you must also set your start-page or it may change to google.com.

Periodically Clear Internet History (inc cookies)

Some persons like to keep their cache and cookie cache clear at all times. Windows retains and records history such as which WebPages you visit. It also makes use of cookies which are files that hold information about what you do online, such as when you type your username and password and click the option to remember the details so next-time you go to that site you don't have to type anything and you are automatically logged in. Many sites use cookies to gain information and spy. You can choose to clear these caches, Parental Filter makes no distinction on whether a cookie is a form filler or a spy cookie as Parental Filter is strictly a porn blocker not a history cleaner, or spyware remover. This option has been made available due to research that was done to remove objectionable cached material when a site gets blocked.

Disable Process View In Windows XP/2003

You can remove Parental Filter by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and looking up the process tab and ending the Parental Filter process, One way not to have Parental Filter show up in the Process list it to make Parental Filter a service, the code to do this is extensive and will take time, in the mean-time you can check this option and have the process tab disabled. Uncheck this value and the process tab will be enabled. Under Windows 98 Parental Filter does not appear in the Task Manager at all.

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