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The threats teenagers are confronted with on the internet nowadays
are often tough even for parents to deal with. Here is were NetNanny
Chat Monitor comes in. unlike the 5.0 version of the system, NetNanny
Chat Monitor 2.0 doesn't cancel real time conversation, but it censors
it following parental filters and communication logs. Chat Monitor
2.0 may coexist with ICQ messenger AOL IM and chat, Yahoo IM and
chats, MSN/Windows Messenger and IRC. Customers may choose between
using Chat Monitor stealthily or with alerting messages in case
of violating the settings.
The way Chat Monitor is conceived makes it extremely parent-friendly.
It is configurated as a tree system and gives parents the option
of denying a chat client, for instance, or that of setting a certain
time limit for any application.
Parents are enforced to protect their children's innocence with
a rich trigger-word library of 2000 terms and expressions, as well
as they can also set the program to refuse to display certain private
data such as addresses, telephone numbers etc. In case of aggressive
information containing trigger keywords, the systems goes into alert
mode and blocks the display of those particular concepts, expressions,
information or even shuts down the conversation.
Chat Monitor keeps an accurate evidence of everything a chat session
may include. The log starts in the same time as the chat session
and the monitoring program records all identification data of both
sides as well as the entire text. At the end, Chat Monitor offers
a complete report including temporal information (when did the session
start, when did it end, etc ), a clear figure of how many trigger
words and messages were used, how many sessions occurred etc.
Customers may also choose regarding the frequency of the emailed
reports: you can have them every hour or every day. You should know,
however, that finding a certain chat session, for instance, may
turn out as a difficult job, especially after a day's time, because
you need to open each of the logged files.
By syncing with the NIST atomic clock, Chat Monitor prevents the
attempts more time for chat sessions by rescheduling the Windows
clock.
We cannot say that Chat Monitor 2.0 could ever substitute the attention
and vigilance of a well intended parent, but when that parent for
some reason is missing, Chat Monitor can keep an eye on your children.
Members rating
"I don't know how much is Chat Monitor to blame or not, but
even though I installed and reinstalled it following tech support
advice, I have big problems installing the most recent version of
AIM on my monitor. Maybe it's the monitor but I didn't want to take
chances and I sent the software back."
"Chat Monitor really does a great job for AOL. But not for
ICQ. I would even say it's useless, as you can't understand anything
besides time and date. I'm curious if same happens with Microsoft
Messenger and Yahoo."
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