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CyberSieve allows you to set up different levels of restrictions for each member of your family
depending on their maturity, interest, habits and parental control needs.
The level of Internet access can be set from no restriction for you as administrator to total prohibition. The CyberSieve application identifies a user by the same login name the user enters when he/she logs in to Windows. If you did not add a new login onto the user list of CyberSieve, the program will add them automatically to the "Guests" group. |
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To disable the CyberSieve filtering for a selected group, mark the "Disable Filtering" checkbox. The CyberSieve icon in the system tray near the clock should change its color to gray. To switch off the Internet for a selected group, mark the "Disable Internet" checkbox. All future attempts to connect to the internet for the selected group will be blocked. The icon in the system tray near the clock should change its color to red. As you may know, any resource on the Internet can be reached either by the host name (for example, www.msn.com) or directly by its IP address (for example, 207.68.172.246). Using the IP address to get access to some resource decreases the possibilities to control it. Such a circumstance is independent of the CyberSieve's developers and includes the following limitations in the case of using IP addresses:
You can keep a group description in this field. Select "Don't show CyberSieve warnings" if you do not want to receive CyberSieve warning messages. Please keep in mind that without such a warning the user will not know that a resource has been blocked. However, you can always review the full protocol of all blocked resources and reasons for those blockages in the log files. You can select the most appropriate warning from these two possibilities: amusing, child-friendly pop-ups for your kids or respectable auto-hiding pop-ups for your associates. You can set up your own warning message instead of those provided by default. To preview a Custom Warning, click on the "Test" button. If you mark the "Show custom warning" checkbox, but leave it empty, CyberSieve will not display any message at all. Keep in mind that without such warning, the user will not know that a resource has been blocked. However, you can always review the full protocol of all blocked resources and reasons for those blockages in the log files. To enable the CyberSieve filtering for a selected group, when the program startup, mark the "Always enable filtering at startup" checkbox. The CyberSieve integrates with "Safe Search" options found in popular search engines such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc. This means your children can't search on a search engine and even see links to blocked sites. This feature enables better protection against any images when doing an "image only" search. To add a new group or new user, click the "New Group" or "New User" button. To delete an existing group or user from the list, use the "Delete" button. To rename the group or user name, use the "Rename" button. You cannot delete or rename the following groups: 'Administrators', 'Guests' and 'Users'. IMPORTANT: The CyberSieve application identifies a user by the same login name the user enters when he logs in to Windows. If you did not add a new login onto the user list of CyberSieve, the program ads them automatically to the "Guests" group. We recommend forbidding Internet access for the "Guests" group, if you do not want somebody from your family to work on the Internet anonymously. |
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