Free alternatives to Net Nanny?

**DarkNexxus** · January 22nd, 2012, 08:48 PM

Sorry if this is the wrong section. I was asked by a state employee to clean up a laptop of one her clients. This client is an older man with PC experience. He has a thing for porn, some legal, some very illegal. The state has instructed the worker to clean the computer and try to put some preventive software on it. I've never used any protectors before, but I'm looking for a password protected program that will block sites based on content, keywords, etc.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

**GroundZero3** · January 22nd, 2012, 08:53 PM

Well first off hopefully they are dealing with the "very illegal" stuff. Epically if this is a taxpayer computer.

What version of windows is the computer running?

Password protect the bios. Set it to boot to c drive only. If running xp, vista or windows 7 group policies to lock the computer down. Do not give him admin rights and maybe test out using something like opendns to filter the pervert surfing habits.

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**DarkNexxus** · January 22nd, 2012, 09:06 PM

It's not a state employee's pc. The state client is a social worker and the computer belongs to one of her clients/subjects/cases whatever you choose to call them. I haven't gotten to the computer yet, but I'm guessing XP. I'm loathe to open it up while my kids are still awake. I was told he use to frequent underage sites.

And I'm told the computer is literally very dirty as well.

**GroundZero3** · January 22nd, 2012, 09:08 PM

I would report it to the police.

**JPMiller** · January 22nd, 2012, 09:17 PM

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Make a new account and delete his old one..
Use CCleaner and disk defrag after running Malwarebytes/$uperAntispyware.

Originally Posted by DarkNexxus

I'm loathe to open it up while my kids are still awake. I was told he use to frequent underage sites.

As long as your not going into his documents and opening saved Photos/videos or clicking on his history in a web explorer, you have nothing to worry about anyone "seeing" anything

**Detritus** · January 22nd, 2012, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by GroundZero3

I would report it to the police.

Ditto

**DarkNexxus** · January 22nd, 2012, 09:57 PM

Thanks JP.

I wouldn't report it to the police for the simple fact this is my first job for them. I don't know the guy, his story, his dementia, (assuming he has one), or why they don't call the police on him. All I know is what I've been told. I am not into kid stuff. And the thought that some folks are sicken me. Now, if the guy has images on there that he made, then I'd stop what I was doing and call 911 myself. It's one thing to look, another to make it.

**DarkNexxus** · January 22nd, 2012, 10:40 PM

Some updated info. It has Windows 7 on it. Acer computer. Has an AVG AV program that's ready to expire. And for you police callers, the images I found so far wouldn't warrant more than a laugh out of the police. Nothing illegal yet. Battery died on me and I don't have a charger for it.

**Chuckiechan** · January 23rd, 2012, 12:28 PM

If you find child porn, you may be obligated to report it. Anything else is probably legal. But if you find child porn, the easiest way to handle it is to report it to the ISP and let them forward it to authorities. That way you are not making a direct accusation, putting yourself at legal risk interpreting "what is and what isn't".

What I don't understand is why you are tasked with cleaning up his computer in the first place. If it's a legal deal like condition for probation, that's not your job unless you are part of the justice system.

I can't see any reason it is your job to remove porn from a consenting adults computer. Is this a rest home and this is a condition of residency? If so, you need to know your rights and his, and I doubt it's your job to make that determination.

Sounds like you are a lawsuit waiting to happen!

Having said all that, it looks like the computer is a loaner, and your supervisor is unsure of his rights and is asking you to do the dirty work. If the "state" owns it, then just wipe it and be done with it. Sounds like the fuss is about protecting the supervisor from a public union employee.

**Taxmancometh** · January 23rd, 2012, 07:01 PM

This brings up an interesting question: What do computer repair people do if they find kid porn on someone's computer? I'm sure it has happened where a computer service tech comes out to the house and finds kid porn on the computer.

I scavenged a couple of hard drives from old computers and one of the hard drives had child porn on it. I regret even watching it, IT WAS DISGUSTING! I formatted that hard drive and wiped it right away.

**DarkNexxus** · January 23rd, 2012, 11:39 PM

I'd say it would depend on how much. From my understanding, owning one picture is a charge of possession. Owning more than one is possession with intent to distribute. Find one picture, okay, bad download, didn't know what they were getting, saved with intent to forward to authorities. Find more than two, stop working on the unit and turn it over to the police.

That would be the safe answer, right? As I typed that, a thought occurred to me. You go out and buy a used computer. Person tells you it probably needs cleaned and/or reinstalled. So you take it to your pc guy, and tell him to wipe it out. He finds the porn on there and suddenly you're busted with no idea why.

A friend of mine used to frequent Yahoo chat rooms. Mostly the romance section in the hopes of finding a one night stand. (didn't say he was a smart friend). He had a girl ask him if he wanted some pictures. Just like that, no saying who or what or where, he said okay and within minutes his hotmail account was flooded with child porn. So much so, that he couldn't get it all deleted. I went in and deleted it all, the next day, filled again with child porn. So I monitored his mailbox for several months, each day deleting the crap this person was sending. They used bogus email names to get the stuff sent to him, so the blocks weren't working. Finally they gave up or got arrested. Hopefully the latter.

I stated in a previous post that if I were to find child porn on this laptop, I would do what was asked of me and delete it. If I found images that depict this guy with a minor, I would turn it over to the police. I think I'll stick with that answer on whatever computer I'm being paid to work on.