Parental Monitoring Software: My child figured out how to turn it off - what can I do?

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As Leo alluded to, if you can trust your kids, no need for the software. If you can't, you have more of a problem than computer use....
Be a parent first, and if your child isn't following rules, take away their use of the computer. It is a privelege, not a right...

My kid got around SafeEyes time limit , by just staying on the one particular game that he was playing and it didnt time out the connection for that game, kids are amazing creatures.

If you must spy on your child, another approach would be to install a good key logger, which records all the keys and mouse clicks hit. They can usually hide themselves pretty good too.

Where would one find such a logger?

Trusting your kids is not the only issue. The point is keeping these sites from even accidentally popping up. One wrong letter in a web address can have disgusting results. I use K9 and have been very happy with it. Of course, we keep our computers in central locations also - and I do trust my kids. I also trust in the fact that they will make mistakes and try to push their limits because they *are* kids.

I found the "Bsafe Online" works really well. It sends me reports monthly of where my daughter or son have been. If you kill the process is also kills the internet connection. Very well designed program to help protect children that will test boundries.

We have Eblaster on his computer but I get real tired of checking on it and worrying about all the drama of a teen boy. It does work nice and I recommend it for some parents. But my son's on the computer too much, gaming, etc. He's 17 and we don't want to play policemen. Is there some way his computer can be disabled and not look like we did it? Maybe some sort of simple virus I could send him or?
jim

A completely undetectable keylogger would be an external one. It plugs into the pc/keyboard, and records all typed keys. It does not create a process, and thus cannot be disabled (unless your kid knows it's there and pulls it off =p).

Sure, there are remote control programs out there (trojans, really >>) that you can use to control their computer. Disable functionality of their mouse...close their page...crash the pc...even delete all data on the drive.

But for a good trojan, you'd probably have to pay a considerable amount. Probably best to read up on some basic programming directed on creating malware and write your own little program.

If you want a virtual keylogger, you can find several online. Be sure to get a trustworthy one, as many are in fact converse loggers, which will spy on you rather than your intended target =p.

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And don't kid yourself about having nice kids. I, myself, am 14 and I masturbate almost daily looking at porn. And I'm a mostly 'great' kid, getting straight A's, excelling in all Honors classes, et cetera.

It's nearly impossible to avoid porn on the internet. The place is TRASHED.

My best suggestion is to talk to your children about it. You can't stop the urges, and they'll always find a way around you. Always.

Try to come to them and get to an understanding before they go too far.

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Good luck and regards :),

Intenex

I'm 14, and my dad put Bsafe on our computer.

Firstly, I'd like to say that if you're an adult and you are thinking of filtering your kids' internet access, you need to talk to them about it first. My dad brought it out of nowhere so I just decided to hack his password to it, because it is excessively strict. (I can't even access alot of news articles.) SO before you decide to take the communist route, maybe compromise and your kid won't be as spiteful towards you after the fact. Whether you filter things or not, your kid will still find them if he wants to see them.

We have been using Bsafe for several years. It is highly effective and difficult to get around. Dylan might like to ask his dad to check the settings on Bsafe - it is very flexible and can be set up to block or not block around 20 different categories, including news and shopping. It is also possible for the administrator (i.e. the parent) to put sites on a "white list" or a "black list" as they choose. I'm all in favor of lots of communication between parents and kids about why we want to filter and what's at stake. After all, in a few years they'll be totally on their own making those decisions.

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