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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $19.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/NT
- Date added: April 01, 2007
- Total Downloads: 13,077
- Downloads last week: 3
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 61 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Though a bit overwhelming at first glance, this deluxe application diligently monitors and blocks unsuitable online material. You have to supply your name and e-mail address before launching OnlineSafetyShield, but once you're past that hurdle, you'll find a logically designed interface with numerous multifaceted options. OnlineSafetyShield quickly delivers pop-up blocking along with the ability to block objectionable Web sites by URL or keywords. You can halt P2P-file sharing, images, and movies in one step or block Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Opera altogether. Beckoned out of hiding with hot keys, OnlineSafetyShield provides a host of monitoring tools for online and offline activity, including Internet access scheduling, instant-messenger blockades, screen captures, and keyloggers. It also creates a complete report of all actions. A particularly impressive bonus is the Internet tracks-removal feature, which allows you to quickly remove cookies, caches, and histories. Requiring 13MB, this feature-rich module is well worth the memory cost if you need to oversee computer use and do a little cleaning of your own.Publisher's description
From OnlineSafetyPAL :OnlineSafetyShield is an online safety software available today. It records keystrokes entered, programs run, E-mail recording, and Web sites visited. It can block Web sites via URLs or detected keywords and includes a scheduler in case you don't need to monitor PC usage at all times. It will E-mail insightful reports and timely alerts to parents so they can keep an eye on the family computer from a remote location.
With advanced blocking, monitoring, recording and reporting features, it blocks most instant messenger programs and browsers including AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, GoogleTalk, and Trillian as well as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, and Opera. Built-in super security and stealth technology ensures that OnlineSafetyShield software is completely protected from everyone except those with authorized access.
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Version 1.10 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 61 votes
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Version: OnlineSafetyShield 1.10
"Defective Product, Defective Company!"
Cons: After installation, this program will begin failing at boot time. Tried it on two different machines, with the same results. E-mails and trouble tickets to the company for support go unanswered. Their telephone number is never answered by a human - just a VM system that tells you to go online, or leave a message. Guess what - messages aren't returned either! Their "support" page is only partially active (no Troubleshooting content, no Downloads), and the Online Support link at the support site always shows that no support agents are available. Software that doesn't work, and a company that doesn't support it - don't even take the time to put this on your PC!
BTW, if you read all the "positive" reviews for this product, you'll notice the same verbiage in many of them, and blatant marketing content in nearly all. It's pretty obvious that all of these positive reviews are shills posted by the company to attempt to trick users into believing that there are people out there who are happy with this software.
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Version: OnlineSafetyShield 1.10
"THIS ONE INCLUDES ALL THE DESIRED FEATURES"
Pros: Blocks the websites based on schedule; provides limitations on the user access time based on schedule ; Filters the keywords based on schedule ; As per requirement of the administrator I ran block the other users from accessing certain drives ; Automatically deletes all saved temporary files that internet explorer creates when you visit the web sites or download the content with it.
Cons: Some features are included in only some editions of it. So in case of change in our requirements we need to upgrade the software.
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Version: OnlineSafetyShield 1.10
"THIS ONE INCLUDES ALL THE DESIRED FEATURES"
Pros: Blocks the websites based on schedule; provides limitations on the user access time based on schedule ; Filters the keywords based on schedule ; As per requirement of the administrator I ran block the other users from accessing certain drives ; Automatically deletes all saved temporary files that internet explorer creates when you visit the web sites or download the content with it.
Cons: Some features are included in only some editions of it. So in case of change in our requirements we need to upgrade the software.
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Version: OnlineSafetyShield 1.10
"THIS SOFTWARE PROVIDES THE BEST SAFETY SOLUTION"
Pros: Software can provide us with option to suggest the website for a review by which the website which we believe to be offensive can be reviewed or judged; Updates the list of block listed websites time to time; gives recommendation on websites which are relative to our criteria or need.
Cons: Need to modify the block list as given in the manual to make it work as desired.
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Version: OnlineSafetyShield 1.10
"KEEP A WATCH ON STUDENTSâ¬Â" ACTIVITIES"
Pros: â¬ÂSOnline Safety shield â¬ÂSseems to be the best solution for institutes like schools, colleges or any education institute. We are one of the best education institutes in our city. Actually, we were looking for such software as some of our students were misusing the internet facility provided by our institute. Our main aim in providing the internet facility is to allow students to explore on technical topics and to go through its technical papers available on net. This software allows us to do the same with authorized access.
Cons: The picture libraries can be allowed to access, if blocked, by modifying the block list.
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