Norton from Symantec announced the availability of Norton Family Online, in 25 languages including Indonesian. Previously, this service is only available in English. Not only that, the service is designed to protect children from negative content on the Internet is available free to anyone.
Norton Family Online is a comprehensive solution that provides a needed tool for parents not simply block sites that are not feasible, but cultivate a safe surfing behavior. Although the Norton Family Online contains basic tolls effective blocking inappropriate content, free service will also encourage open discussion between parents and children.
For example, parents can make a clear house rules, gain insight about the words used in searches for their children, and learn more about how their children represent themselves in the social networking site. Norton Family Online also provides real-time messaging that allows children to send notes to their parents about their intentions when trying to visit blocked sites.
"We believe that safety and cyber security go hand in hand and children must learn about protecting themselves online than they were when they first connect to the Internet," said Marian Merritt, Internet Safety Advocate and Norton Norton Chair Online Family Advisory Council in its press release.
Because this is a Web-based services, the parents will also get the convenience and peace because they can log in from any computer to adjust the settings or monitor the activities whenever and wherever they like. The new version released today includes usability and better user interface, a more flexible time limits to set limits children's computer use everyday better, and the pages of additional support.
To use the Norton Family Online in the PC (Windows XP Home or Professional, SP2 or newer, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit, SP1 or later) or Mac (Mac OS X 10.5), parents can register and create a family account at https: / / onlinefamily.norton.com /. Parents can also download and install the Norton Safety Minder, a small application, the child's own computer.
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