FastSafePLUS Premium Parental Controls
v2.2
FastSafePLUS Premium Parental Controls
v2.2
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Operating System: |
MS Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP |
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Service Pack Level: |
Latest Service Packs Installed |
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HDD Space Required for Installation: |
3.3MB |
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Available RAM: |
64MB |
Once
you have downloaded the FastSafePLUS Premium Parental Controls Client, simply
double-click on the icon to start the installation.
1.
The first screen
that you will be presented with is the Welcome message to the installation
wizard. Click Next to continue with the installation process or Cancel
to install the software at a later time. It is recommended that you close all
other applications before starting the installation.
2.
The License
Agreement screen outlines the terms of use for the software. Carefully read the
terms and conditions and then select I Agree if you accept the terms of
the agreement. You must agree to the terms in order to continue with the
installation.
3. Upon acceptance of the License Agreement above by
clicking I Agree, the installation
wizard will prompt you to provide the destination folder in which to install
the software. The default location is C:\Program Files\FastSafePLUS Client. If
you would like to install the software in the default directory click Install,
otherwise click Browse to choose a
different location …, locate the appropriate folder and click Install.
4. Once the installation directory is selected the wizard will walk you through the configuration steps. Click Next to start or Tell Me More! to learn more about the features of the FastSafePLUS Client.
5.
The Master Account
Username and Password that was provided to you by Planet USA is to
be entered on this screen. This information is required to change any
configuration options or to uninstall the FastSafePLUS Client from the
computer. Please write this information down and store it in a safe place for
later use. If you have forgotten your username and password follow the onscreen
instructions to recover it.
a.
Enter the Account
Username in the field provided.
b.
Enter the Account
Password in the field provided.
c. Enter a Hint that
will help you remember your password in case you forget it. It is not
recommended that you enter the Password in the Hint field. This should be a
clue that will trigger you to remember your password. For example, if you enter
your Mother’s Maiden Name as your password, then your hint should be Mother’s
Maiden Name.
d.
Click Next
to continue.
6.
It is recommended
that each individual accessing the Internet via the computer in which the FastSafePLUS
Client is installed have their own profile. A profile is a set of rules or
privileges to which each person(s) belongs to. You must create at least one (1)
profile to activate the service.
Enter a unique name for this profile in the Profile
Name field. This can be a person’s name, role, etc. Try to name the profile to
represent the type of filtering that will be applied to the account. For
example if you have a Child named John and would like to block access to adult
sites as well as instant messaging programs you might name the profile, son or John for the child’s name.
A unique password must also be entered and it is recommended that it be
different from the profile name and the main password. This password is used when changing from one
profile to another in real-time. The
person using this profile will need to know this password.
Enter a Hint that will help you remember your password in case you forget it in
the Password Hint field. The Password and Password Hint can not be the same.
The final step is to select one of the preset
configurations for this profile, Adult, Teenager, Child or Kid Safe. You will
be able to further configure these options once the installation is complete as
well as add additional profiles.
Click Next
to complete the profile configuration.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation
8.
Once all
configurations have been saved, setup will complete the installation by asking
you to restart your computer as illustrated below.
If you still have programs open it is recommended that
you save your work and close the program to prevent any information from being
lost. Once all programs or windows have been closed, select the Reboot Now
option and click Finish.
If you would like to continue working on a previously
opened program, select the, I want to manually reboot later option and
click Finish. This will end the installation program.
NOTE: Your computer must be restarted before you will be able to
access the Internet.
9.
Once you computer reboots you will be presented with a screen similar to
the one below. This is the main profile configuration launch pad which allows
you to perform a series of tasks listed on the right associated with the
current active profile. You can access this screen by clicking on the FastSafePLUS
icon in your system tray (bottom right hand corner of your screen).
Icon Legend
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Indicates that the current section is
blocked |
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Indicates that the current section is
bypassed or snoozed. No filtering is being applied. |
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Indicates that the current section also
includes a time based rule. |
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Indicates that the current sections time
based rule is bypassed or snoozed. The time based rule is currently not being
applied. |
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Indicates that the current section is not
being filtered. Full access is being granted to this section. |
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Indicates that the current section is bypassed
or snoozed. No filtering is being applied. |
It
is recommended that you configure a separate profile for each person who will
be using the computer in which the FastSafePLUS Client is installed. This will
ensure that each individual's access is being filtered correctly and
accurately.
To
add additional profiles refer to Add a
New Profile.
To
switch to a different profile in real-time…
1.
Select the Switch current Profile option from
under the Tasks section
2.
Select the
profile to switch to from the list
3.
You will be
prompted to enter the password for the profile you selected. Enter the password
in the field provided
4.
Click OK
The FastSafePLUS Clients main screen
displays the status of the profile currently in use. You can at any time modify
these settings by selecting the Customize
Current Profile option under the Tasks section. Once selected, you will be
prompted for the Master Account's Password. This is not the profile's password
but the one provided to you by your service provider and the same one used when
you installed the software.
This first screen of the customize
profile section allows you to select from a predetermined list of filtering
categories that group content by type.
You may select entire categories, or individual sub-categories. See Filtering
Category Descriptions for details and examples of each.
a.
Clicking 
next to a category will expand it and show
it’s subcategories
b.
Clicking 
next to a category will collapse it’s list
c.
A blank box (
)
next to a listing means that it has not been selected and access to this
category is allowed
d.
A box which has
been selected (
)
means that it has been selected by clicking on it and access to this category
will be blocked
e.
If only a few of
the available subcategories are selected then the top level category has a
checked box with a grey background (
).
This means that not all subcategories have been selected.
In addition to the capability to block websites which fit
into one of the categories selected above, by selecting the Block Web
check box, you can opt to block access to the Internet completely. Once this
box is selected you have the option to block access to the Internet Always
(check Block Web and select Always radio button) or only block the
Internet during a specified time, (check Block Web and From radio
button, and specific time period). Blocking
the web function works for each specific profile, therefore if you decide to
block the web, only the particular profile that you are customizing will be
affected by this option.
Click Next to continue.
The FastSafePLUS Client also allows for filtering of
Instant Messaging, File Sharing and UseNet Newsgroup programs. You may choose to block these programs always
or during a specific time of day.
a.
Select one or
more of the filtering options available;
i.
Block Instant
Messaging (MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AIM or Jabber).
ii.
Block file
sharing (Gnutella, Kazaa, eDonkey or WinMX).
iii.
Block UseNet
newsgroups (i.e. alt.binaries, pictures.erotica, erc.golf).
b.
Select one of the
filtering rules for each;
i.
Always – access to this application is not permitted.
ii.
From – access to this application is only available during
the time selected.
Click Next to continue
Depending on the category that was selected earlier
and because of the rapid growth of the Internet there may arise a time when a
certain website within a category should or should not be blocked. For example,
if you have selected to block Sex Sites but your child is looking for
information on STDs for a school project some of these sites might have be
categorized as Sex and would not be accessible. In that case you could enter
the URL to the site to allow access.
On the other hand you might come across a site that
doesn’t fit into one of the available categories and you would like to block
it. This can be done by adding it to the Always Block list.
The process of either allowing or blocking specific
sites is similar;
a.
Click Add
next to the list you would like to add a website to.
b.
Enter the URL in
the window below. Use www before the URL if you would like to
allow/block a specific website (i.e. www.yahoo.com). Do not enter www before
the URL if you would like to allow/block the occurrence of the text in the
entire URL (i.e. playboy.com).
IMPORTANT EXAMPLE: If you would like to
block access to playboy.com but enter http://www.playboy.com then the
main Playboy site would be blocked but all sub sites like; http://sub.playboy.com
would not be because it is not an exact match. To avoid this, enter only playboy.com
as the block URL so that the FastSafePLUS Client will look at the entire URL.
c.
Click OK
d.
When all sites
have been entered click Next to continue.
e.
Click Finish
to complete the customization of the profile.
It is recommended that each individual accessing the
Internet via the computer in which the FastSafePLUS Client is installed have
their own profile. A profile is a set of rules or privileges to which each
person(s) belongs to.
To add a new profile, select the Add a New Profile option under the Tasks section.
Enter a unique name for this profile in the Profile
Name field. This can be a person’s name, role, etc. Try to name the profile to
represent the type of filtering that will be applied to the account. For
example if you have a Child named John and would like to block access to adult
sites as well as instant messaging programs you might name the profile, son or John for the child’s name.
A unique password must also be entered and it is recommended that it be
different from the profile name and the main password. This password is used when changing from one
profile to another in real-time. The
person using this profile will need to know this password.
Enter a Hint that will help you remember your password in case you forget it in
the Password Hint field. The Password and Password Hint can not be the same.
The final step is to select one of the preset
configurations for this profile, Adult, Teenager, Child or Kid Safe. You will
be able to further configure these options once the installation is complete as
well as add additional profiles.
Click Next
to complete the profile configuration.
Click Finish to
save the new profile
A unique feature of the FastSafePLUS
Client is the ability to snooze all filtering option for 5, 10, 20 or 30 minutes
at a time.
By selecting the Snooze all Filtering and Blocking
option under the Tasks section you will be presented with the following screen.
This screen allows you to specify the Snooze Time
(5, 10, 20 or 30 minutes) and requires that you enter the Master Account
Password. This is not the profile password but the one provided to you by your
service provider and used during your installation.
NOTE: Once this feature has been applied you can not turn
it off until the time specified has elapsed. However, you can switch to a
different profile and then switch back to this one. This will reset the profile
back to its default state removing the applied snooze.
Because of the rapid growth of the Internet and the
continuous addition of new objectionable web site content the FastSafePLUS
Client is prepackaged with a Web Alert feature that allows you to report and
immediately block such content. This feature may also be used if you come
across a web site that you feel has been incorrectly classified and either
being blocked or allowed based on your current configuration.
To post a
Web Alert:
1.
Select the Send a Web Alert option under the Tasks
section
2.
Enter the URL (website address) that you would like to
report in the text box
3.
If you would like to block the website immediately
select, Block this URL immediately
4.
Click OK
Alternative Lifestyles
URLs in this category tend to be related
to discussions or material relevant to an individual’s personal life whether it
is unique character or orientation. Sites in this category may include such
things as the straight men’s groups, gay and lesbian discussions, senior
citizen clubs, transgender groups, vegetarianism or naturism.
Examples:
World Guide to Vegetarianism
Naturism -
Promotion of free lifestyles
Gay Universe - Guide to alternative lifestyles
Alternative Journals
Electronic magazines included in the
Alternative Journals category range from personal "EZines" to
literary and culturally oriented publications.
This category does not include electronic forms of mainstream magazines
and newspapers.
Examples:
Broken Pencil - List of alternative journals
Healing Net - Directory of healing events, and resource guide to
holistic medicines
Spectrum Magazine - List of various alternative journals
Sunrise Magazine - Spirituality, crystals, and aromatherapy
Arts and Culture
Virtual art galleries and other cultural
topics are contained within this category, such as museums and cultural
customs.
Examples:
Visual Jazz Art Gallery - Contemporary and fine art
Chat
This category includes Web-based (via
HTTP, not IRC) chat groups pertaining to several subjects. Chat rooms allow
people to come together on-line to chat about current events, debate hot topics
and share common interests.
Examples:
Genealogy Chat - Chat pertaining to music, movies, travel,
community, sports, and living
Cyber Lounge - Singles bars, sports rooms, dancing clubs, and hardcore
adult
Head Space - Science-fiction discussions
Garden Chat - Gardening discussions
Criminal Skills
This category includes instructions or
identification of methods to promote, encourage, or provide the skills to
commit illegal or criminal activities. This category includes examples such as
bomb making instructions, lock picking, computer hacking, burglary, murder, and
rape.
Examples:
Spectre Page - Spying information, computer hacking, bomb
making, and CB scanner electronic warfare
Bank ATM Secrets
The Stalking Page
Guide to lock picking
Entertainment
The entertainment category includes URLs
pertaining to things such as movies, television, music, hobbies, clubs, and
amusement parks. URLs can be either fan club style (for example, the Brad Pitt
fan club) or sponsored by a company (for example, Warner Bros.). This category
also includes personal pages of movies and television shows.
Examples:
Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Online - Information, photos, and movie reviews
Rock Web - Bands, new artists, and discussions
Aunt Annie’s Craft Page
Extreme Content
The extreme category includes URLs that
are often pushed to the limit in their respective categories. These URLs are
typically extremely violent, gory, or horrific in nature and may be related to
sex, bodily functions, obscenity, or perverse activities.
Examples:
Pixman’s Vault of Porn Pix - Contains extreme hardcore pornography
Bizaree & Maximum Perversum - Sex site with extreme and bizarre
pornography
The Butt Page - Rectal foreign body page
Chip’s Barazite - Child pornography, pictures of cadavers, and mutilated
hands and arms
Gambling
The gambling category contains URLs that
encourage the gambling of money or other materialistic items. It includes sites
offering gaming, bookmaker odds, lottery pages, and bingo.
Examples:
On-line Casinos
On-line Sports Betting
Super Blackjack
The New York Lottery Page
General News
The general news category applies to most
online news and mainstream trade publications, such as business and medical
journals.
Examples:
Wall Street Journal
JAMA
USA Today
Advertising Page
Hate Speech
This category is dedicated to any sort of
propaganda which would encourage the oppression of one specific group of
individuals. This category includes such things as derogatory speech against
women, visible minorities, or slander against the disabled.
Examples:
Ku Klux Klan Page
Aryan Nations
National Socialist Movement
Did Six Million Really Die?
Humour Sites
The humour category includes sites that
intend to be comical or funny. The sites include general jokes, comic pages or
comedy clubs.
Examples:
Best Jokes of 1995, 1996, 1997
Comedy Net
College Humor Page
Illegal Drugs
URLs in this category provide information
on the purchase and use of illegal or recreational drugs.
Examples:
Utopia - Drugs on the NET
RecPharm Database - Database of recreational drugs
Note: The Illegal Drugs category does not
filter out information on prescription drugs.
Job Search
This rapidly growing category includes
anything related to a job search. It includes sites concerned with resume
writing, interviewing, careers, classified advertising, and job databases. It
also includes individual URLs within otherwise uncategorized sites listing
opportunities.
Examples:
Career Mosaic - Employers, networking, resume writing, job
fairs, and more
Rensselaer Career Development Centre - Career resource, resume book, job
database, and more.
Employment Search Productions - Offers videos that help in the
interviewing and job search process.
Career Resume - Online resume writing service
Match Making
This category is comprised of topics
related to dating services and relationships. This includes listings or
personal advertisements, tips for attracting a companion, and on-line dating
services.
Examples:
Together Dating - One of the original online dating services
Shy Man’s Guide to Success with Women
Doggie Dating - Finding a mate for your Dog
Occults
This category includes any URLs that
contain topics about the occult, cults, and other extremist’s views.
Examples:
On-line Guide to Major Cults
Info-Cult - Helping families of cult members
Hell-On-Line - Guide to Satanism
Online Games
This category consists of URLs focusing on
traditional board games, role-playing games such as Battleship and Dungeon
& Dragons. This category also includes any URL that promotes game makers
such as Mattel.
Examples:
Hasbro Toys
Battleship
Interactive WWW Games
Online investing
The investing category includes sites that
deal with personal investments and investment options. URLs in this category
include stock quotes, money management forums, online publications, discount
brokerage services, trading stocks, mutual funds, and portfolio management.
Examples:
Stock Investing Advice Book
Prudential Securities
National Discount Brokers Online
Money Management by Mail
Online Portals
This category includes sites that provide
a portal based navigation system from which users can select a broad range of
topics.
Examples:
Yahoo
Altavista
MSN
Netscape
Online Sales
This category includes the sale of any
form of merchandise or service that will benefit the individual only, such as
the sale of clothing, accessories, appliances, or pets. This category may also
overlap into other categories such as the sale of sex merchandise, sports
memorabilia, and hate speech paraphernalia. It includes market promotions and
catalogue selling (for instance, LL Bean).
Examples:
Mall of the Internet
1st Net Zing Mall
Net Buys On-line Shopping Network
The Virtual World Mall - Allows you to shop stores worldwide
Political Sites
Any form of discussion that covers topics
related to, but not limited to: politics, religion, social values, and other
non work related topics.
Examples:
Politics Now - Latest political updates
Spiritual Spectrum - Discussions of spiritual issues
CARNAL - California Abortion and Reproductive Action League
Canadian Pulse Online - Debates regarding politics
Safe Sites
When a web site does not meet any of the
above categories, it is deemed as safe since it does not contain any offensive
material.
Examples:
Disney.com
Search Engine
This category includes sites that are used
to search the Internet.
Examples:
Google
Altavista
Excite
Yahoo
Self Help
This category includes anything either
medically, organically, or support-based, that will improve an individual’s
health. This category ranges from new medications and therapies to support
groups.
Examples:
Ask the Dietitian - Advice on health and diet questions
Friends in Recovery - List of recovery related sites including AA world
Divorce Care - Support for divorcees
Teen Help - Provides information to help your teen on drugs
Sex
This category contains URLs that
reference, discuss, or show pornography, pictures or videos of sex, or sexually
oriented material. This will range from all discussions of sex (including for
example, sexually transmitted diseases, safe sex, and teen pregnancy),
bikini-clad women and men, nudity, soft and hard-core pornography,
sadomasochism, bestiality, and child pornography, etc...
Examples:
PORN USA
Super Sex of North America
Bikinis Wee - Women
in bikinis
Sports
This category includes any discussions or
topics related to sports, including sports teams, sport discussions, sports
scores, and sports merchandise.
Examples:
ESPNET Sport zone
The Pro Football Expert - Provides football forecasting and statistical information
Sports Line USA - Sports news, merchandise, contests
All Sports - Features current news, odds, scores, and real-time chat
with current players and coaches
Technology sites
This category includes sites that pertain
to technology related content.
Examples:
Slashdot
CNET
ZDNET
Microsoft
Travel
This category includes travel and
travel-related activities. Some of the URLs covered in this category include
discussions of favorite travel destinations, travel reservation services,
discount travel listings, special events in various cities, and sightseeing guides.
Examples:
Internet Travel Network - Reservations and flight options
1800FlyCheap - Discount travel
Interactive Travel Guide
Alaska One - Travel guides, parks and recreation
Q: How do I update the software?
A: The FastSafePLUS
Client will automatically check to see if there is a software update available every
24 hours or when the computer is first started and connected to the Internet.
However, you can manually check for updates by selecting: Check for Software Update option under the Tasks section on the
configuration screen. If an update is available please follow the onscreen
directions in order to update your software.
Q: Some of my privacy, anti-spam and
anti-virus programs are not functioning correctly, can I run other applications
on the same machine as the FastSafePLUS Client?
A: When running
multiple applications simultaneously that are designed to filter or block
online access controls the issue of conflicts will almost always arise. This is
not an indication that a particular application is necessarily better than
another but rather that they might be competing for control. Therefore, if you
encounter that previously installed applications such as, C-Privacy or
FlashClean for example are not working correctly, it is recommended that you
disable these applications after installing the FastSafePLUS Client.
Q: When I try to install the FastSafePLUS
Client it states that I must uninstall my Google Desktop Search (GDS), why is
this and what should I do?
A: Applications which
modify your network settings in order to filter or block objectionable Internet
content, conflict with Google Desktop Search. During the initial installation
process the FastSafePLUS Client will browse to determine if the Google Desktop
Search (GDS) is installed on the same PC. If it is, follow these steps; stop
the FastSafePLUS Client installation process; uninstall GDS Desktop Search;
reinstall GDS.
TIP: Back up
your Google Desk top index directory so that you can copy it back after reinstalling
to prevent having to re-index.
Q: I see a 'not compatible' or 'network
settings' error message after installing the FastSafePLUS Client when running
Google Desktop, what should I do?
A: Uninstall the
Google Desktop software and then reinstall it. Tip: Back up your Google Desk
top index directory so that you can copy it back after reinstalling to prevent
having to re-index.
Q: Why is my Yahoo Messenger locking up or
unable to connect to the server?
A: Check to see if
you have selected to Block Instant Messaging. If so, Yahoo Messenger is
attempting to connect to the server but it is unable to because it is being
blocked by the FastSafePLUS Client.
Q: I am currently running a Firewall program
that asks if I want to allow access to webfilter.exe
, what should I do?
A: You should allow
access to webfilter.exe as this is the FastSafePLUS Client service.
