Net Nanny | Cyber Sitter | Surf Watch | Cyber Patrol | The Internet Filter | ||
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Capabilities | can add to and delete from dictionary | can add to but cannot delete from dictionary | cannot add to nor delete from dictionary | can add to and delete from dictionary | V0:cannot add to nor delete from dictionary V1:can add to and delete from dictionary | |
Comes with an empty dictionary, but can download one from the home page | provides a file filter | filter set of 2,000 sites of sexual nature (only) | CyberNOT list of 6,000 sites concering Sexual Acts/Text, Racist/Ethnic and Violence/Profanity | download dictionary from home page | ||
monitors WWW, IRC, e-mail, ftp, gopher, browsers, BBS's | monitors WWW, newsgroups, IRC | monitors WWW, newgroups, ftp, gopher, IRC | bit browsers, news readers and IRC | WWW, specific newsgroups, specific Internet hosts, IRC | ||
monitors ALL computer activity | checks context of words | can restrict access to certain time of day, limit total time spent on-line per day or week | e-mail another computer when violations occur | |||
Updates | free, bi-monthly | free, daily | $8 a month, monthly | $3.50 per month, every 7 days | can get updated list in real time from home page | |
Cost | $49.95 US or $42.00 Cdn in Costco | 39.95 US | $41.86 US | free with CompuServe renew subscription after 6 months for $19.95 or $29.95 after 1 year | V0: free V1:$40.00 US or $49.95 Cdn | |
Systems | Windows, PC Intel platforms,286+ | Microsoft Windows '95, Windows 3.1x | System 7.x with MacTCP 2.0+ | Windows, Macintosh | Windows 3.1x | |
On-Line Services | AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, Delphi, Genie | unknown | none | CompuServe | unknown |