Child Internet Filter and Monitoring Software

The Internet offers tremendous benefits to your child. But on the flip side, how can you provide them safety from the harmful material or online predators without some kind of child internet filter?

With Spector Pro you're getting more than the basic child internet filtering software, you will be able to see EVERYTHING they do on their computers and the internet.Selected as the Editors' Choice by the experts at PC Magazine, Spector Pro contains integrated tools that record: Facebook & MySpace activity, chats, online searches, instant messages, emails sent and received, web sites visited, keystrokes typed, programs launched, peer to peer file searching and swapping - plus, Spector Pro provides the equivalent of a digital surveillance tape so that you can see the EXACT sequence of EVERYTHING your child does on their computer. Read More About Spector Pro

Spector Pro is MUCH MORE than just a CHILD INTERNET FILTER!

See all the features and you'll understand that you actually want more than just a child internet filter.

As a parent, you essentially have
3 choices to protect your child:

1. Disconnect your child from the Internet

2. Filter or censor what your child can access on the Internet with a child internet filter.

3. Monitor and Record what your child does online and who he/she chats with so that you can better guide your child as to what is appropriate and what is inappropriate.

<Disconnect From The Internet>

There is too much value to be derived from the Internet to shut it off (option 1), and your child will be at a tremendous disadvantage when part of their homework assignment is to do research on the Internet.

Using internet filtering software for your children or censoring is, in our opinion, better than option 1, and until recently, was about your only option. However, there are far too many problems with using a child internet filter.

The first problem with using a child internet filter is that it depends on your constantly downloading lists that prevent your child from visiting certain sites. Since thousands of new sites come onto the Internet each day, keeping up is virtually impossible.

<Child Internet Filter>

The second problem with filtering software is that every family has a different set of values about what is objectionable and what is acceptable. There is no way that any one filter list can be appropriate for all families.

The third problem is that many filtering/censoring products create lists of keywords which, when encountered, prevent you or your child from accessing a site that has that keyword. For example, let's say the word "breast" is on the keyword list. Seems reasonable, right? Well what if USA Today has an article on breast cancer? What if Tyson has an article on chicken breast meat? Well, too bad, because breast is a "bad word", so you or your child are not allowed access to that site.

<Monitor Your Child's Internet Usage>

So disconnecting your child from the Internet is not a good choice, and filtering/censoring is a poor choice. That leaves the third option: monitoring and recording what your child does online, and whom your child talks to online.

With this option, your child has access to the Internet and there is no filtering or censoring. However, if you inform your child that he/she is being monitored and recorded and that you can review what has been done later, your child will behave much more responsibly when surfing the Internet.

In addition, because you can review with your child their online activity, you can help guide your child as to what is appropriate and what is inappropriate. Because you can review chat conversations and e-mails, you can determine whether an adult stranger has been trying to develop a questionable relationship with your child, long before it has a chance to develop into something that could become dangerous.

After examining the options available to address the very real dangers children face on the Internet, SpectorSoft decided that monitoring and recording was the most reasonable option.

We believe that parents need to spend time with their children, especially when they are surfing the Internet, but we also understand that a parent cannot always be present when the child is online. Spector Pro helps to bridge that gap, by recording what the child does so that the parent can review this at a later time.Because Spector Pro acts like a video recorder for PC and Internet activity, you will be able to SEE EXACTLY what your child has been doing online. Spector Pro records all web sites visited, all programs run, all keystrokes typed, all chat conversations, and all e-mails sent and received. Spector Pro even records Internet based e-mails like Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

Spector Pro Was Named Editor's Choice by PC Magazine