From the list of blocking software I picked Net Nanny Package. I have no previous experience with using filter or parental control software, so it was just by chance. Net Nanny should keep kids, friends or work colleges safe on the internet and protect them from the things they shouldn’t see while still being able to do what they need to.
Net Nanny runs both with PC and Mac and enables block several different categories of content – pornography, gambling, image and video search or chat pages. It also it should be able to block some community servers, pages with and manual set pages.
My first contact with Net Nanny was totally deterrent. Just after the installation had finished, my laptop collapsed – blue screen and quiet. Fortunately I lost only a few opened documents and one file, but next day I spent with reinstalling some software.
However, after the second installation I started trying poker pages, some erotic content, gay and lesbian sites, torrent downloading and searching for videos and pictures. At first in Czech and then in English. Usually I was able to get to content I wanted. I used different keyword in searching engines (they blocked searching for some words immediately) or went to page without particular word in the name of page or in link. I was surprised, that I managed to play Texas hold´em poker. It was enough to write cards and hold.
In English it was more difficult, word and keyword database was probably bigger and smarter. But still after a few minutes it wasn’t problem to find requested content. When I tried to get to Facebook and MySpace, the software behaved odd, sometimes it worked and sometimes not. I couldn’t find any rule.
All in all, for less skilled users and kids is probably this kind of programme safe enough, but for more experienced user it is easy to get to any information. Of course, it is necessary to try more sources. It could be good for company network, but for normal user is it incredibly annoying. And that is probably the main feature I got after two days spent with Net Nanny.
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Odd. Been using Net Nanny for 6 years with no such issues
Sounds like user error in the install or set-up. There are many categories and individual settings for different types of content and need to be adjusted based on each user's preferences.
Odd, yeah. But combination of windows with any software is always risky:) The second installation was fortunately successful, so I expect some internal error.
Have you any better experience with different blocking software? Thanks.
You should have tried PC Pandora instead. Smoother, better tech support, more features and a free trial version so at least you’d know if it messed up your system before you buy… :)
Thank you, I will try it!
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