Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

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License:
Free to try; $14.99 to buy
Editor's Rating:
3.0 stars
Average User Rating:
3.5 stars (out of 41 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
99,055
Requirements:
Windows Me/NT/2000/XP
Limitations:
Scanning limited
Date Added:
October 08, 2004
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Publisher's description of Content Scanner

From Purity Solutions:

Content Scanner is parental-control content watch software that allows you to scan, audit, filter, and detects porn files and pornography on your PC. You also can clean, delete, erase, and remove porn and objectionable content. Content Cleaner will cleanup the history, the address bar, cookies, and temporary Internet files, documents, pictures, and movies on your computer. Version 1.0.0.367 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Editor's review of Content Scanner

3.0 stars

This utility for ferreting out objectionable content works quickly, but produces mixed results. Since Content Scanner offers no features or functionality beyond its main job, the interface is extremely easy to use, although we wish it could be resized so you could more easily view long lists. The program can scan your PC for files relating to violence, drugs, gambling, and pornography, but the trial version will only let you locate the latter. In our tests, this program took only seconds to scan our entire machine, though we wish you could select certain folders or drives to scour. Once Content Scanner has found potentially explicit data, it shows you filename, type, and questionable keyword. However, the program may be too thorough for its own good, as it brought up a number of inaccurate results. For example, it pulled up a temporary Internet file for our fantasy football league simply due to the inclusion of the word fantasy. Despite its problems, this program may appeal to parents who would rather err on the side of caution.

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Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 41 votes
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5 stars

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

Version: Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

"Effective and Easy to use"

by jackwang123 on February 5, 2005

Pros: Scanned my pc very quickly. The design is simple and easy to use.

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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Version: Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

"Perfect for every mom"

by kelly288 on February 7, 2005

Pros: Content Scanner enabled me to scan my PC for porn and make sure that my children were not accessing porn sites.

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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

"A queston"

by Playaplaya05 on April 17, 2005

Cons: It only lets me scan for them, but not delete them.

do you have to get the you pay for to do that?

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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

"Simple, effective and easy to use"

by James4Jesus on February 8, 2005

Pros: A guest accessed an objectionable site using my PC. I was able to quickly delete all objectionable content on my hard drive.

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Content Scanner 1.0.0.367

"content cleaner software is useless. waste of money. customer support stinks!"

by jeaninem27 on May 6, 2005

Cons: it finds "questionable" websites and links but when you delete them and run another scan, it finds the same ones you thought you'd just erased. customer support is useless. overall it stinks - don't waste your money.

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