i need info how to stop my son using pornographic sites on my laptop how can i do this?

Answer 1

uh, take away the laptop......thought that would be obvious. why are parents letting their kids rule the house?

Answer 2

Curiosity is natural in Humans. That curiosity could become dangerous or morbid when someone feels obssessive to a web site or some kind of content. This has interesting roots: I don´t know his age, but maybe to reveal himself to authority, to show himself and the world he is becoming adult, etc. First make sure he is the one who is using the pornographic sites and not another person that uses the computer. It is not correct to project him the feeling that you are a "spying" on the computer, trust could be lost. Respect his space and time...he is growing and developing important spheres in human nature such as sexuality. The point here is your role model, your attitude, that depends on you if you are a lax parent, or a very authoritarian parent, what do you want to project to him? a parent that is a teacher? a parent that is a friend? a parent that is a police officer? A parent that is indiferent? (that obviously you aren´t, you care about him). Depending on the role you had and you want to have, will come the trust to tell him in a very sensitive way, because he can tell you: "it is my life" -and private doesn´t mean to do bad inmmoral things-. You may check his friend´s influence, sometimes friends do have more influence than some parents, see if this is normal among that group or maybe he doesn´t have a lot of friends and is just curiosity, and this could last shorter than expected. I don´t think "ban him of the use of the pc" first best solution, individuals are rational, can share, we can feel, can talk, he has to understand that he is not a bad person -is your son!-, but rather his action is not as good as you wish. As a mature adult, what I would do in your situation is to give him options, healthy ones, sports, readings, movies, something religious to develop the soul. In most situations, people who seek porn is due to lack of company, they may feel lonley and want something (like a video or picture) to excite them, feel better to feel something, they need emotional contact with members, friends, they need to share their inner self with other´s, maybe thats another opportunity for him to develop that side and start forgeting about porn. I assume he is a teenager, is curious about sexuality, teach him about sexuality in a mature way, something natural, something important but could be risky too, maybe he needs this kind of advice, if there is no confidence or trust, build it with time, and if this doesnt work seek some proffesional help without making him shy of his sexuality, because that could cause a lot of depression and problems in his own life. If all this doesn´t work and he still use it, I will say it is important to block porn with some software (explain the legal terms of pornography). And that could be another opportunity to talk with him about sexuality or about friends, etc. That "negative experience" could be positive if you know how to guide it.

Answer 3

Firstly, make sure you're not automatically logging in as Administrator. You need your own account.

Log in as Administrator, and create an account for yourself and him. Get Net Nanny (or some such porn blocking software). As a "user" as opposed to Admin, he cannot uninstall any software. Make sure the only password he knows is his own.

That's an easy route, but ultimately there's no foolproof way to stop him entirely. Or just take the laptop and lock it away somewhere.

Answer 4

click tools at the top, then Internet options then content adviser and choose how strict you wish to be. Also search parental blocker etc in google or I recommend download.com, the reason you can get it for free is because when your son attempts to view bad pages it will take him to a page with multiple adverts

Answer 5

It depends how computer literate your son is. Most kids know that all they need to do is start in Safe Mode and they can get in to the administrators account.

Start by setting up a user account for him and password protect your account. You do this from User Accounts in the Control Panel, its a simple step by step process. Then change his account to a Limited account.
Then restart in Safe Mode and look for the hidden administrators account, log in (try user1 as the password if it asks for one; if its different he may have changed it) and if you get in change the password.
If you can't get in you may need to restart in Normal mode, log in to your account, and delete the hidden account.

Now you should have 2 or 3 accounts on your pc; two administrators accounts which are password protected, and your sons limited account.

Then go to your account and install something like Net Nanny which restricts adult content, and MacAffee Site Advisor.

If he's visiting these sites you also need to delete the Internet Explorer icon from his account and install Firefox for him to use instead.
You probably have some malware on your system - if you son't yet then you''ve been lucky - so it might be worth doing a security scan.

The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. Zone Alarm firewall is free for personal use and stops unwanted incoming and outgoing traffic. You choose which programs are allowed to access the internet. It's fairly easy to use and updated regularly.
http://www.zonelabs.com Zone Alarm firewall

Shields Up security site;
https://www.grc.com - check your firewall works
http://www.grc.com/optout.htm - grc anti spyware program and info.

http://www.mozilla.com/ Firefox web browser
http://www.opera.com/ Opera web browser
Instal both these web browsers, turn off javascript on one and use that browser for vising unknown websites. They don't support Active X so thats one less way for problems to get on your pc.

Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com

Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com

http://www.siteadvisor.com -Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.

http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus

http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan

http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware

http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware

http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.

http://www.bitdefender.com -BitDefender can be used as a second, on demand anti virus.

http://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool

You can also download Microsofts free Windows Defender from the official Microsoft site, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool.

Remember to update and run all of you anti malware programs at least once a week.

Your son is being rude. Its not his pc. You might try locking your laptop away in a briefcase when you're not there if he can't be trusted.

Answer 6

Put a password on the start up page that he will not be able to guess. Go into control panel-user accounts and do it there.

Answer 7

You could by software called NetNanny on Ebay. Or go to START/CONTROL PANEL/USER ACCOUNTS. Create a new password for yourself and a new User name for you son. You can then restict the content he can see.

Tell him he'll go blind?

Bump! Oops theluckyhedgehog

Answer 8

Go to the start menu and then to control panal then open iternet options you will then be able to see how to stop it .But if he knows anything about computers he can hack that.Good luck.

Answer 9

Why does it matter? This is natural behaviour for boys who would have bought magazines in pre-Internet times. Is it not better to accept this harmless interest than to attempt to demonise it?

Answer 10

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