Trying to find a free download which will restrict internet use on a pc.

Hi Kathy39,
"iProtectYou Free" is a Freeware program you can download free:
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iProtectYou Free v3.06 
"Overview of iProtectYou Free Features
* Restrict your family members from visiting Web Sites and News Groups
that may contain pernicious information.
*	Block e-mails, chat sessions, and instant messages if they contain
inappropriate words.
*	Control the list of applications that can have access to the
Internet.
*	Set a schedule to specify days and times when on-line activity is
allowed.
*	Secure your computer against hackers' attacks and defend your
confidential data from Trojan horses and spy-ware.
*	Filter boring advertisements; decrease the traffic of junk
information to your computer and save your time and money.
*	Get detailed information about Internet resources used by your
computer:
 - web sites that have been visited by your computer
 - amount of data that have been sent or received from/to your
computer
 - network resource usage
 - the activity of the Internet applications on your computer
 - View the data of log files in the user-friendly form of charts or
diagrams.
 - Save on the hard drive all Internet content that has been
downloaded.
With iProtectYou you will get a huge built-in database with
pre-selected bad sites and news groups. Additionally, you can get a
subscription to the update feature, to keep your database up to date."
http://www.softforyou.com/ip-free.html
(click on the "Download Free" link at the bottom of the page,
OR go to http://www.softforyou.com/ip-download-free.php )
Here's a screenshot
http://www.webattack.com/screenshots/iprotectyou.htm
They also have a PRO version
"iProtectYou Pro" - Free download 14-day trial 
http://www.softforyou.com/ip-index.html
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You may also be interested in "IE Internet Security":
"IE Internet Security is a password-protected Internet security
utility that customizes different features of the Internet Explorer
Web browser. It allows you to disable abilities to change your web
browser settings, restrict access to certain tabs of Internet Options
dialog box, as well as specific settings from each tab. It lets you
disable certain menu items and buttons and prevent others from editing
your Favorites. Due to multi-user support, IE Internet Security gives
you a great ability to customize the Internet Explorer web browser for
each user personally. Existing password protection will not let your
users to remove set restrictions or to remove the program itself.
Excellent online help is available. Try our password and security
tools, free downloads."
http://www.softheap.com/iesecurity.html 
Screenshot
http://www.softheap.com/iesecurityscreenshots.html
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I hope one of these is suitable!
regards,
jackburton-ga
GA Researcher
   
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Request for Answer Clarification by kathy39-ga on 12 Oct 2003 06:14 PDT

Hi   Jack,
Thank you very much for the information.  I looked briefly at the
iProtectYou site and didn't see anything titled RESTRICT internet use
(* Set a schedule to specify days and times when on-line activity is
allowed).  What subtitle is it under?

Thank you.

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Request for Answer Clarification by kathy39-ga on 12 Oct 2003 06:34 PDT

I just tried to download the ehite papers re restricting internet use
and the .pdf information provided was about 50% discount on hotel
reservations, nothing else.  Weird!  Please let me know

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Request for Answer Clarification by kathy39-ga on 12 Oct 2003 06:55 PDT

I think I found what I need to read a little about internet
restriction with iProtectYou.
Thank you.

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 12 Oct 2003 07:16 PDT

Hi kathy,
If you go to: http://www.softforyou.com/ip-free.html , in the
"Overview of iProtectYou Free Features", you should see...
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* Restrict your family members from visiting Web Sites and News Groups
that may contain pernicious information.
(the 1st one in the list)
* Control the list of applications that can have access to the
Internet.
(3rd one down in the list)
* Set a schedule to specify days and times when on-line activity is
allowed.
(4th one down in the list)
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I'm not quite sure how you came across the 50% discount on hotel
reservations (you may have clicked on the "affiliates" link perhaps?).
  
Here is the link to the .PDF file - "Parents guideline Safety tips for
protecting kids online":
http://www.softforyou.com/add/tips-pro.pdf
     
Here is the link to the "iProtectYou Free" manual:
http://www.softforyou.com/ip-manual.html
   
Here is the page from the manual explaining about Internet filtering:
http://www.softforyou.com/manual/filtering_sites.html
  
I hope i clarified this for you. If anything is still unclear, please
let me know.
regards,
JB

This should be a great help in restricting the amount of hours our
teenager spends on the internet.

Thank you very much.

Hi kathy39, I have downloaded and used with great sucess We-blocker,
for my grandaughter's computer, found at
 
http://www.we-blocker.com/ 

You have great control, via an admin password, over who sees what.I am
not at the location of the computer with this program on it(so I can't
check right now), but I am prety sure you can set the time the
internet is available, as well as filters for obscenity, violence, and
even drug related information. I am very impressed with the software.
It updates daily, if you allow it. The company asks for a donation, if
you are pleased with it, and I think you will be.