Free Security Software for browser

IronMan102399 · 05-10-2008, 06:28 PM

I will be starting an Ebay store on line with my pc. What can i do to prevent my kids from going into sites that could jeopardize my pc from all the malware, virus, and stuff?

**jamiemac2005** · 05-11-2008, 04:48 AM

I believe Spybot S&D has an inbuilt browser protectory thing, and you can use the "immunize" function to keep you from accessing sites that could damage your pc.... I'll research a minute because i've used a few...

okay:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/fo...d_x/index.html

That is a link to zonealarm's forcefield software, right now (and for a while) it's been a beta but the idea is that it protects your browser etc. Take a look at it you may be interested, as it's in its beta stage it's free.

Alternatively you could use:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Spybot S&D.

Alternatively you could just use a half decent firewall:

http://www.comodo.com/
(i use Spybot and Comodo but comodo as a firewall and spybot as an antimalware scanner)

It really depends on what sort of protection you want.

What browser do you have?

I strongly suggest checking out a nice firewall and a nice piece of antimalware software...

Cheers,
Jamey

IronMan102399 · 05-11-2008, 08:36 AM

Thanks Jamie,

I use FireFox. And i will definitely try your recommendations. I just don't want my kids to go on Myspace, Facebook, and adult sites and even downloading stuff from the internet that can corrupt my business PC.

thanks again.

**jamiemac2005** · 05-11-2008, 08:43 AM

You may find some firefox extensions with parental controls on them, i'm sure i've set one up before...
ah Glubble is what i used before:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5881

But it kinda takes over firefox, which may be a good thing.

A few others that look good are:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145
Blocksite

and

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4351
FoxFilter...

I think with these it would be adviseable to block all files with a .zip/exe/dll/etc[probably anything other than html/shtml/htm...] extension and so on... then your kids cant download anything that can harm your pc

Cheers,
Jamey

IronMan102399 · 05-12-2008, 11:15 AM

thanks Jamie. i will certainly put it on my pc.

05-10-2008, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
IronMan102399 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp sp2	Free Security Software for browser I will be starting an Ebay store on line with my pc. What can i do to prevent my kids from going into sites that could jeopardize my pc from all the malware, virus, and stuff?

05-11-2008, 04:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,878 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: Free Security Software for browser I believe Spybot S&D has an inbuilt browser protectory thing, and you can use the "immunize" function to keep you from accessing sites that could damage your pc.... I'll research a minute because i've used a few... okay: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/fo...d_x/index.html That is a link to zonealarm's forcefield software, right now (and for a while) it's been a beta but the idea is that it protects your browser etc. Take a look at it you may be interested, as it's in its beta stage it's free. Alternatively you could use: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Spybot S&D. Alternatively you could just use a half decent firewall: http://www.comodo.com/ (i use Spybot and Comodo but comodo as a firewall and spybot as an antimalware scanner) It really depends on what sort of protection you want. What browser do you have? I strongly suggest checking out a nice firewall and a nice piece of antimalware software... Cheers, Jamey

05-11-2008, 08:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
IronMan102399 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp sp2	Re: Free Security Software for browser Thanks Jamie, I use FireFox. And i will definitely try your recommendations. I just don't want my kids to go on Myspace, Facebook, and adult sites and even downloading stuff from the internet that can corrupt my business PC. thanks again.

05-11-2008, 08:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,878 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: Free Security Software for browser You may find some firefox extensions with parental controls on them, i'm sure i've set one up before... ah Glubble is what i used before: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5881 But it kinda takes over firefox, which may be a good thing. A few others that look good are: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145 Blocksite and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4351 FoxFilter... I think with these it would be adviseable to block all files with a .zip/exe/dll/etc[probably anything other than html/shtml/htm...] extension and so on... then your kids cant download anything that can harm your pc Cheers, Jamey

05-12-2008, 11:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
IronMan102399 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp sp2	Re: Free Security Software for browser thanks Jamie. i will certainly put it on my pc.