the internet nanny

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:10 pm

this might not be considered music related, but google is not my friend today.

I'm basically after some know-how on how to curb pop-up (porn, random) banners, visits to unsavory (youtube, metacafe) content and random page openings to viral infected sites...

...mainly for the pc as my mums partner is clueless and just clicks anything flashy or impressive. I'm finding i just want to limit bandwidth use to rubbish content.

I wantt to do it deceptively as to not make myself look like a net nanny, but I also want to take some control on his net usage habits.

He's a 40 y.o. kid pretty much

Any feedback above and beyond 'user profile' settings under xp admin, nod32 and windows defender spyware would be great.

recommend me site blocking, child-proofing apps, hacks or workarounds. as long as they are freeware or geeky alternatives.

I'm clueless in security. If anyone can help I'll really appreciate it.

nic · Post by **nic** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:48 pm

but I also want to take some control on his net usage habits.

He's a 40 y.o

Lol I'd shank someone if they tried to do that to me. Especially my partners son.

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:01 pm

well if you weren't paying for the net access in full, I think i'd have the right.

nic · Post by **nic** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:03 pm

'shiv withdrawn graciously'

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:11 pm

edit the hosts file
make firefox default browser
adaware and spybot search and destroy both free
AVG free anti virus

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:14 pm

hey thanks, hosts file did the trick.

Very simple and effective.

I came across a cool freeware app called Naomi 3.2 ... it basically kills the browser if certain porn/warez crap shows up.

Pretty good if you have kids, family using the PC. nice one.

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:26 pm

you can also block sites pretty easily through most routers. You should also be able to do keywords as well but neither of which are perfect.

I came accross an article which contained the word "do****ent" (document). Hooray for word filtering.

I'm curious about this hosts file. Brief explanation?

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:08 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

you just edit a text file... pretty much resolve any address location to a specific IP.

To find another IP, just do a WHOIS lookup online.

Post by **system** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:44 pm

Spybot S&D's IE controls should be enough. I'd never recommend touching the hosts file unless you absolutely have to. (control the resource access upstream in the router/proxy if needed.)

Post by **huge** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:05 pm

yep, you can do it all on the router. unless you have a shit one.

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:31 pm

have a 5yr old billion