Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

• License:

  Free to try; $39.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 37 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  44,404

• Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  14-day trial

• Date Added:

  March 08, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Optenet Web Filter PC 9.7 Optenet PC Parental Control Software 9.4.1

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Publisher's description of Optenet Web Filter PC

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Manage your family's Internet environment. Block pornography, drugs, violence and other Internet content children should not access. Manage the time each child spends online. Control what your kids download onto the family PC. Keep your family safe and secure. Rated more accurate than any other solution available.

Version 9.6 is compatible with Windows Vista and adds improvements in the traffic capturing mechanism.

Editor's review of Optenet Web Filter PC

• 5.0 stars

• "Safe surfing"

Protect your children against harmful Web sites with this extremely powerful parental-filter application.

Optenet Web Filter PC, now Vista compatible, places an icon in the system tray to open your Internet browser and loads a neatly designed password-protected interface. You can create multiple profiles and select from the filter categories the types of Web sites to block, including but not limited to Gambling, Drugs, Games, Hackers, Porn. The application successfully blocked sites containing information within our filtered selections during testing. You can also restrict the use of P2P applications for file sharing, instant messengers, and e-mail and view a navigation log report.

Using the Contribution button, Optenet Web Filter lets you submit Web sites for possible inclusion on its restricted list. Parents and guardians can rest easy while kids surf the Web freely using this 14-day trial application.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 37 votes
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• 5 stars

  6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

  Version: Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

  "Now I am able to let the kids go online"

  by girly.f on March 18, 2007

  Pros: There is almost nothing to do. I tried it for free for a while and saw that it really works. I bought it online and have not needed to do anything since. My kids are young and it is important to me that I don't have to sit next to them when they are on the PC to make sure some sex site does not pop up in their face. And truth be told, I am glad to have it for my husband as well - -just in case he is ever tempted by all the xxx-rated websites out there!

  Cons: It took me a day before I realized the trial was over and I needed to buy it. There was a message reminding me though when I started the computer.

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• 4 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

  "Great, But a Subscription?"

  by jaromluker on October 22, 2007

  Pros: This software filters out everything you could possibly want and has lists of sites for different categories, i.e. dating, gambling, porn, sexuality. It is very effective, and is difficult for a child to get around, if not impossible.

  Cons: I'm not fond of the idea of buying software more than once. Subscriptions don't work well with software. An internet connection, sure, but software, no way!

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

  "Best Filter I tested"

  by suzyq4321 on July 7, 2007

  Pros: 1. I tested 5 filters and find this one to be best.

  2. Of 100 sites that should have been blocked, it blocked all.

  3. Of 50 sites that should not have been blocked, it blocked 2. i submitted them automatically and they were available within 20 minutes - I did not see any other product with this filter.

  4. When the trial ran out, I was warned by a message that my PC was not filtered anymore. I liked the option to keep surfing without the filter - or purchase. So I had more time to decide about teh purchase without having to uninstall and reinstall later . . .

  5. My kids complain - that's a good sign - it is working!!

  6. Tech support responded to my questions within 1 day - the big companies take forever.

  Cons: The tech support response was hard for me to understand - but they explained after I asked again.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

  "That is most excellent, very reliable. My children can now surf the net."

  by manfara on March 19, 2008

  Pros: It is user-friendly. easy to add or remove sites from the filter. works with any browser

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• 1 stars

  Version: Optenet Web Filter PC 9.6

  "Rubbish"

  by Garth85 on October 10, 2007

  Cons: After installing 9.6 my P4 laptop was a mess.

  - starting up it takes ages

  - task bar is missing icons

  - internet access is blocked

  - the PC runs like a dog, soooo slow

  - trying to shut down or log off again it is incredibly slow and hangs just saving settings

  - I cannot find any menus for this app

  - I cannot find it in Program Files so it must be elsewhere, but where

  - I cannot find options to uninstall !!

  This is joke. I still cannot get my Laptop running !!!

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