clean history?

Question

How do I clean the web sites that have been previously viewed and how do I put a blocker for an child.

Answer 1

To clear history,

Tools --> Internet Options --> Clear History

To set up a basic filter for children without buying any software, go to Tools --> Internet Options --> Content --> Enable Button (under content advisory) and set the protection to your choice.

Answer 2

Use the Internet options to clear files,cookies, and history...remember to check>delete offline pages.
If you don't have a blocker, you could try going into Internet options>content>enable>set the levels that you want etc.
You will be able to allow or disallow websites with a password as well.
You can just disable the content advisor when you are on the net instead of your child.

Answer 3

To clear previous websites go into TOOLS then to INTERNET OPTIONS. Then click on CLEAR HISTORY. To block websites well, you should buy a site blocker. Like Norton or McAfee. Then run anywhere from $20 on up. If you have Comcast, you can get them for free.

Answer 4

With the Internet Explorer open: Tools - Internet Options - General - Clear History. For the kid: In the same window click the Security tab.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

From your browser click on "Tools > Internet Options"
from window appear click on button "Clear History".

Answer 7

clear history in interent option in tools use net nanny or have a private password on ur comp for each user..

Answer 8

Under TOOLS if using IE. The select INTERNET TOOLS to clean.

Answer 9

just go tools clear history or download CCleaner
for parental controls get http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=parental%20controls&tag=srch

Answer 10

In IE go to Tools>Internet Options>General tab go down to Histotry and click the Clear History button.

This article will give you some good advise on programs to block access for your child.


Monitor Internet Use
Big Brother Or Just Sensible Prudence?




Net Nanny prevents users from accessing sites with questionable material.
Many families realize the importance of keeping a watchful eye over their children's Internet use. But what if someone, an employer, perhaps a spouse, were watching you? That watchful eye could start to feel less like a protective parent and more like Big Brother.

George Orwell's vision might not be far off base. In January 2003, the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) released a report titled "Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society" (http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/PrivacyMain.cfm). After pages of references to sci-fi-like descriptions of data profiling, implantable GPS (global positioning system) chips, and genetic privacy, the study claims that if Americans don't object to all this monitoring, "we will find ourselves being tracked, analyzed, profiled, and flagged in our daily lives to a degree we can scarcely imagine today."

OK, hold on. Could 2004 turn into 1984? Is the monitoring of our Internet activity necessary? To find answers to these tricky questions, let's take a closer look at the tangle of issues and the variety of software and hardware solutions. We'll start by heading into the office.



Coffee Breaks, Cigarette Breaks . . . Internet Breaks?

Why would business owners monitor their employees' Internet use? Because the Internet is ripe for abuse, from viewing inappropriate material and the loss of productivity to online procrastination and the concept that nonwork-related use "steals" bandwidth from users who need to use the computer networks for honest-to-goodness work.

Numerous studies calculate exorbitant corporate losses by multiplying an average hourly rate with estimated time wasted online. Naysayers ask: Is this really worse than a coffee break, a cigarette break, or personal phone use? Some critics respond, yes. According to Victoria Point Consulting (http://www.victoriapoint.com), a company specializing in Internet abuse, "Employers know that people waste time at work . . . . The Internet has taken that to an entirely new level."

Many businesses buy into this line of thought. A 2001 American Management Association survey found that 43.3% of companies monitored telephone use while 62.8% monitored Internet connections. However, this survey concludes that companies are "far more concerned" with explicit sexual material than with any other Internet abuse.

To counter this and other online abuse, the first step is a clear, written IUP (Internet Usage Policy). In terms of creating the criteria for such a policy and the subsequent enforcing of it, companies have two broad sets of tools: filtering/blocking and monitoring.

In a country where many of us feel that a free and openly availableInternet is our God-given right, any limitation of use is likely to meet resistance. The disadvantage to filtering and blocking is that bad filtering can block potentially useful sites. Should a marketing department be deprived of the research benefits of Amazon.com because the boss doesn't want you buying birthday presents on the clock? The downside of monitoring is the encroachment on personal liberty.

What's the trade-off? The argument that surfaces most often in support of monitoring may surprise antimonitoring privacy advocates: trust between employee and employer. An Elron Software 2001 corporate Web and email use study shows 75% of employees find it acceptable to have their work Web/email monitored, as long as they are given advance notice. The idea that a worker is granted open access to the entire Web along with the responsibility to use it according to the IUP shows a strong trust between employee and employer. And it lets the bosses be proactive about their policies: The freedom is there for the employers to be lenient about minor usage abuse and let the staff self-regulate its usage.

The big question is: Will monitoring work the same way with children?



Internet Abuse Comes Home

With children, the stakes rise. There are serious concerns about privacy, protection, and safety. Producers of children's Web content at companies such as Disney and Nickelodeon have been proactive in promoting safety and smart Web use. The U.S. government also has been especially proactive by implementing the COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which makes it unlawful for a site to collect personally identifying information about a child under the age of 13. It's even a big no-no for a site to offer a way for these kids to communicate with each other (in a chat, message board, or the like), unless there are moderation tools that remove personal info before it appears on the site.

Certainly, these restrictions are not enough to prevent children from seeing inappropriate material on the Web. If only a parent's job were that easy! Good thing, then, that there's plenty of software to aid parents as their children grow up with the Internet.

The most common of these tools are filters. Parental control filters can be either software that lives on your ISP's (Internet service provider's) server or software that you download and run on your home computer. Popular home products include CyberPatrol 6.0 ($39, http://www.cyberpatrol.com) and Net Nanny 5.0 ($39.95; http://www.netnanny.com).

Although filtering is no substitute for spending time online together with your child, this software can be incredibly effective, especially for the youngest of youngsters, when you want to minimize the potential of any exposure to inappropriate material. There are a lot of parents who wish they could minimize that exposure until their kids turn 18. The truth is, as children get older, it becomes more important to impress upon them the necessity of responsible Internet use. And that means, just as in the corporate world, establishing a family usage policy, trusting them to follow it, and staying on top of the situation by monitoring it.

If the goal is to build a trusting online usage relationship with your children, it's important to understand the different ways in which the available tools monitor Internet use. GetNetWise.org (http://www.getnetwise.org) is a good resource for all the specifics on the software discussed below and more.




Web site tracking gives parents a way to monitor their children's Internet use.
Web site tracking. The type of monitoring that evolved out of filtering software involves keeping a log of all the Web sites a user visits. The tracked URLs (uniform resource locators) are stored in a password-protected file on your computer; if you have the password, you can browse through this file anytime.

Net Nanny, which we've already mentioned, also has a logging feature for Web monitoring. Bounce (free; http://www.bouncefilterware.com) and CyberSitter ($39.95; http://www.cybersitter.com) are other examples of Web site tracking software. Pairing this kind of Internet monitoring with filtering lets a parent or an administrator enhance the effectiveness of the filter. If sites that you feel are inappropriate are slipping through, it's time to turn up the filter strength.

This is not to say that all Web site tracking software is tied to filtering and blocking. If all you want is a tracking report, a program such as NetSnitch ($39.95; http://www.sharptechnology.com/netsnit.htm) or freeware such as ICUSurf (http://www.icusurf.com) could do the trick. The latter even lets you monitor your home system from afar by sending the usage log remotely to your cell phone or wireless PDA (personal digital assistant).

Keystroke capture. These days, online use is not limited to browsing Web sites. Basic Web tracking software won't capture interactions, such as online chats, instant messages, and email. It's like knowing where your kids are going but not what they're doing when they get there. The next type of monitoring takes care of that by recording everything that is typed using the keyboard. If this resulting text file doesn't seem like summer reading material, not to worry; the idea is to do targeted searches through this data for certain words that may concern you, such as "drugs" or "partying."

The first option in this bunch is a piece of hardware. KEYKatcher ($59 for 32KB, $79 for 64KB; http://www.keykatcher.com) is a keyboard attachment that fits between your PS/2 keyboard cord and the computer. Its accessibility immediately raises the concern that someone could bypass a system like this; you could just unplug it when you don't want to be recorded. KEYKatcher gets around this by providing a heat-shrink plastic tube that seals the connection between your keyboard cord and the device. Tampering is possible, but you'd certainly notice. Intrusive? Only if you tell your kids it's there.

KeyNab ($39.95; http://www.keynab.com) says right on its Web site that its program is "a crucial tool for parents who want to protect and observe their children unobtrusively." If you're going for stealth, this software runs without any hint of its existence to the user; even pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE won't reveal that it's silently running in the background.

Screen capture. That's still not the whole kit and caboodle. In terms of monitoring the whole scope of your child's online usage, keystroke capturing has a couple of disadvantages. The devices don't capture what the other person types in two-way online communications, especially IM (instant messaging) and Web chatting. Child Safe ($29.95; http://www.webroot.com/childsafe1.htm) not only captures keystrokes, but it also captures screen shots.

Similar to setting up a spy camera in your computer room, screen capture software saves a screen shot approximately every minute, some more frequently, that a parent can browse through later. Even some of the programs' names evoke the mini spy cam: SentryCam ($34.95; http://www.sentrycam.com) and FamilyCAM ($49.95; http://www.silverstone.net) are examples. FamilyCAM also has a slightly different type of logging: activity logging. In addition to tracking URLs, this software provides a list of applications used, documents opened, and files viewed.

And for those desperate times in which you want to use every tracking method available, there's Spector Pro ($149.95; http://www.spectorsoft.com). This powerfully packed program can record Web sites, email messages, chat/IM activity, keystrokes, and screen snapshots.



Going Too Far

How far is too far? Do you raise an eyebrow when you hear that a program called Watchful Eye was recently renamed Spouse Spy ($30; http://www.watchfuleyes.com/products/spousespy)? Would recording every bit of your child's online use make you feel like Big Brother? Is the monitoring of our Internet activity necessary?

There are cases in which the answer is definitely yes. As the courts continue to sentence cyber criminals, from crackers to online pedophiles, we need to closely monitor punishment involving online use bans or limitations.

And there are individuals who realize their own abuse of the Internet. The Center For Online Addiction (http://www.netaddiction.com) details different types of addiction, including habitual use of online auction and day trading.

Of course, the decision to use monitoring in your home is your choice. Regardless of how necessary you find it, monitoring remains a tool to aid responsible Internet use, not a substitute for parenting or corporate management.

by Jim Pascoe