Reviews & Recommendations for Family Friendly Software
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Microsoft Student Encarta Premium 2008 - The New Encyclopedia & Homework tools that help students excel |
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Quiz-Buddy is an award-winning teaching tool for Windows that helps students with learning and test-preparation activities.
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Educational & Academic Products Etailer that sells a wide variety of Software Products with Student Discounts. |
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Software Etailer that specializes in Student Versions of popular software packages. |
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The Safe Computer Kids Software Connection
Reviews and Recommendations for your family friendly software solutions
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SafeComputerKids.com is designed provide parents with tools to help them keep their kids safe online.
As parents ourselves and realizing the concern parents have about kids and their online activities, we decided something had to be done to protect kids, so in collaboration with a group of IT professionals, Counselors, Educators and Parents, we have compiled the nations most comprehensive cyber safety toolkit on the market.
We have partnered with the premier professional and corporate computer & internet monitoring software developer who's software is so incredible it’s already been awarded the “PC Magazine Editors Choice” award for Best Internet Monitoring two times.
We have over 1,800 Instant Message terms that can be easily translated with our IM Dictionary and via software. Never again will you be unable to understand what your child is writing in emails and IM Chats. We have also included a drug slang dictionary that has over 350 common drug slang terms and posted a Parents Forum to bring parents information, news and resources relating to cybersafety.
This brings you the most comprehensive cyber-safety toolkit on the market today.
With these tools, parents who are concerned about what their kids are doing online can monitor their online activity and keep them from jeopardizing their safety.
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| Safe Computer Kids - Software Reviews- Virus & Malware Protection |
McAfee Virus Scan 2008
This is a solid antivirus program that does a fabulous job of protecting your Windows computer from the changing threats posed by viruses, Mal ware and other nasty programs.
The interface which has not changed from last year is easy to use and very intuitive. As with the other latest McAfee programs, system resources are not locked up well the program is running, which is a big plus
The software falls within the mid-range price point within its class.
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McAfee Total Protection 2008
With feature sets based on McAfee VirusScan 2008, this is a solid antivirus program that incorporates additional features such as wireless security and antirootkit protection.
This program is recommended for the computer savvy person, as many of the features and functions can be a bit daunting to the novice user.
The software falls within the midrange price point within its class.
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McAfee Internet security Suite 2008
As with all the McAfee products, McAfee Internet security 2008 is a solid antivirus program. In addition to antivirus protection, McAfee has added a backup and restore feature and personal firewall to the software package.
The interface for this program is greatly improved over previous versions and we find it relatively intuitive to use for the average computer user.
The software falls within the midrange price point within its class.
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Kapersky Anti-Virus 7
Once again Kapersky Anti-Virus has come out with a rock solid virus protection program.
The interface for this program is extremely user friendly and intuitive. This program was definitely designed with the novice user in mind.
Although lacking firewalls and other add-on programs, the higher cost of this program is well justified by the ease-of-use.
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Kapersky Internet Security 7
Built with the Kapersky Antivirus 7, this program is rock solid virus protection and adds additional features such as antispam that works with Microsoft Outlook, website blocking for a piece by application and more in a well designed user friendly interface.
Priced on the high side in its class, this software’s additional price tag can easily be justified by its ease of use for the average computer user.
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Norton AntiVirus 2008
Norton Has a Reputation for Developing Reliable Antivirus Software and Norton AntiVirus 2008 has met the mark for solid AntiVirus Software.
The downside to this software is it’s lack of support for Firefox and a variety of IM Applications, although it will keep your computer protected from viruses.
The software falls within the midrange price point within its class.
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Norton Internet Security 2008
The software does a very good job of protecting you from viruses and other malicious software.
We found the user interface to be adequate but less than intuitive and streamlined.
This software falls within the midrange price point within its class.
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PC Tools Antivirus
As a newcomer to the antivirus software market PC Tools has proven itself to have very solid virus protection. The user interface is simple and the program easy-to-use.
Although this program does not offer a multitude of features offered by other VirusScan programs it does offer the user the option of a variety scanning options and the ability to update virus definitions on a daily basis.
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Is your child safe online?
See what ABC News had to say about SafeComputerKids.com
Safe Computer Kids,
IM Dictionary
Safe Computer Kids, IM Dictionary
More than 1800 IM Terms made easy
Bonus Drug Slang Dictionary with 300+ Drug Slang Terms
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DISTURBING STATISTICS:
100,000 Web sites are offering child porno-graphy
79% of teens state that they aren’t careful enough when
giving out information about themselves online
64% of teens say that they do things online that they
wouldn’t want their parents to know about
89% Sexual solicitations occurred
in either chat rooms or Instant Messaging
Up to 21 million children between 12 and 17 are online today.
About 60 percent of kids online post a personal profile online on Web sites like Friendster and MySpace.
About 70 percent of teens online have been contacted by a stranger
14 percent of them accepted an offer to meet that stranger.
In The News:
16 Year old girl flies to Middle East to meet a man she met on myspace.com (read full article)
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