bloody spaniard
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:11:18 PM
My youngest (11), who is very clean cut, unintentionally stumbled across some porn yesterday on his laptop. My wife was more traumatized than he was when he told her... lol Shame how slime seem to target children.

Any quick solutions, guys? His browser is IE9. Thanks in advance.

z6joker9
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:14:16 PM
Show him the ones that you use so you don't get viruses.
z6joker9
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:15:26 PM
OpenDNS would probably work if you want to filter it out.
Rclay
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:23:20 PM
CNET would be a good research stop.

It's only going to get worse. Soon you'll have to restrict computer access to public rooms like family room.

delarob
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:24:05 PM
Wow. That's tough. It can be hard to keep the kids safe from that stuff no matter how hard you try. I hope the old lady didn't get too bent out of shape. It's probably best to sit him down and talk about it it you haven't already. I remember when I was younger and unintentionally stumbled across a bag of pot, some rolling papers and a bag of Doritos. Then I quite innocently tripped over a case of beer and they all opened and spilled into my mouth. Oh and there was this one time when a tab of acid was floating in the air and funny thing, I was taking in a mouthful of air and this tab somehow floated into my mouth without my knowledge. Of course I told my parents.

NOT!

Thunder.Gerbil
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:27:30 PM
Do you have Norton or McAffee internet security installed on the computer? They have a parental control feature that can block most porn. Just remember to make sure he doesn't know the admin password to the program.

Can't remember offhand if IE9 has a parental controls built in or not.

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Edit:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-Parental-Controls 

tweoijfoi
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:55:27 PM

Can't remember offhand if IE9 has a parental controls built in or not.

Yes, it's called "InPrivate Browsing" mode. It blocks those kinds of sites, so you won't find any evidence of your son browsing porn.

TMCTLT
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:06:44 PM

Wow. That's tough. It can be hard to keep the kids safe from that stuff no matter how hard you try. I hope the old lady didn't get too bent out of shape. It's probably best to sit him down and talk about it it you haven't already. I remember when I was younger and unintentionally stumbled across a bag of pot, some rolling papers and a bag of Doritos. Then I quite innocently tripped over a case of beer and they all opened and spilled into my mouth. Oh and there was this one time when a tab of acid was floating in the air and funny thing, I was taking in a mouthful of air and this tab somehow floated into my mouth without my knowledge. Of course I told my parents.

NOT!

delarob wrote:

LMMFAO.....🌫

ZRX1200
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:08:41 PM
Was it straight at least?

Oh bruddah....

8trackdisco
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:24:20 PM

My youngest (11), who is very clean cut, unintentionally stumbled across some porn yesterday on his laptop. My wife was more traumatized than he was when he told her... lol Shame how slime seem to target children.

Any quick solutions, guys? His browser is IE9. Thanks in advance.

bloody spaniard wrote:

Geeze, I don't know.

Would it work to tell him to always use one specific search engine and then tighten the browsing restrictions up?

What happened to the good old days, when a teenager would accidently find the tape in the Beta-max watch two very hairly people vaguely grind on each other for five minutes? When I ran into that when I was 13, I didn't watch movies for about 3 years.

teedubbya
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:27:19 PM
Tell him to quit using your bookmarks and favorites and to come up with his own.... or better yet set him up as a different user all together.

DrafterX
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:41:49 PM
replace the laptop with an etch-a-sketch.... 😟
MrsSledn
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:44:43 PM

replace the laptop with an etch-a-sketch.... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

=d>

daveincincy
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:59:53 PM
LOL @ #5

It's gonna happen sooner or later. If it's not a porn site it will be just the pop-up/ads on Youtube or any other "harmless" site.

The other day my 2 boys went back in the woods at the end of our deadend street. We know the woods are popular with the teen boys for...stuff. They were telling me about this fort a few of the teen boys made back there. They spray painted and called it the "chut hut." They asked me if "chut" was bad. 🤔 I never heard of it so I hesitantly said, "not that I know of." My older son said to just google it and find out. He hasn't done that yet, but I did. 😱 Learn something new everyday. (I'll let you do the googling) ...now I just need to figure out how to explain it to my son before he googles it. ✋

If were telling stories of when we "stumbled" on some of these things as a kid, the JC Penny or Victoria Secret catalog was considered a "score" back then. Then one time me and buddy were dumpster diving in a local apartment complex and apparently someone must have been doing some spring cleaning and threw out a 32 gallon trash bag FULL of various magazines. Until then I wasn't aware there were so many other mags other than the standard Playboy & Penthouse. 😮

tweoijfoi
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:23:17 PM
Does he have a phone, iTouch, or other devices of that type? All of them can access the internet and therefore porn.
wheelrite
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:25:06 PM
There is so much I'd like to say,,,,

wheel,

bcdudley
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:53:25 PM
If you are technically inclined and willing to learn, there is a free program called Astaro that takes the place of your current router. It runs on a dedicated computer and works excellent at blocking whatever categories you would like on the computers you specify. It is a complex program meant for IT professionals so not really for everyone, but it does work good. I use it for to keep my 6 year old safe and my 16 year old out of places I don't want her going.
bloody spaniard
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:11:24 PM
I bet there is, Wheel... LOL ...and thanks for allowing me to relive parts of my misspent youth, delarob.

Ooooh, what a day! Recipient of several punches to the proverbial gut... Appreciated your collective input however- even the insults. LOL

Opted for TG's "family supervision" Norton suggestion. Had to tweak it a bit & still waiting for the MSN email to "reactivate" with my parental authorization... What a hassle.

🍺

teedubbya
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:12:42 PM

I bet there is, Wheel... LOL ...and thanks for allowing me to relive parts of my misspent youth, delarob.

Ooooh, what a day! Recipient of several punches to the proverbial gut... Appreciated your collective input however- even the insults. LOL

Opted for TG's "family supervision" Norton suggestion. Had to tweak it a bit & still waiting for the MSN email to "reactivate" with my parental authorization... What a hassle.

🍺

bloody spaniard wrote:

Just make sure you remember the password so you can still get in to your greco roman porn stash

deltong
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:25:57 PM
go into the control panel, there are parental controls there.

create an account on his computer for yourself as administrator, and

his account as a guest. This allows you to control what he can access.

Maybe the encounter with porn will deter him for awhile, my 10 yr old did.

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