Parental Control Module

The Parental Control section of this user guide contains the following topics:

• Parental Control Status
• Web Control
• Applications Control
• Keyword Filtering
• Web Time Limiter

Note
For more details regarding the Parental Control module check the description of the “Parental Control Module”.

Important
This module can only be accessed and configured by users with administrative rights (system administrators). If the settings are password-protected, they can only be modified if the password is provided. An administrator cannot impose a set of rules to a user for whom rules have been previously defined by another administrator.

If you are not the only person with administrative rights using this computer, it is recommended that you protect your BitDefender settings with a password. To set a password, enter the General module, access the Settings section and use the Enable password protection for product settings option.

Parental Control Status

In this section, you can configure the overall Parental Control protection level for a selected user.

Important
Keep the Parental Control enabled in order to protect your children against inappropriate content by using your customized computer access rules.

In order to configure the protection level you must first select the user you want these settings to apply to. Then configure the protection level using the following controls:

• Web Control - enable Web Control in order to filter web navigation according to the rules set by you in the Web section.
• Applications Control - enable Applications Control in order to block access to applications on your computer according to the rules set by you in the Applications section.
• Web Time Limiter - enable Web Time Limiter in order to allow web access according to the timetable set by you in the Time Limiter section.
• Web Access - enable this option in order to block access to all websites (not just the ones in the Web section).
• Keyword Filtering - enable Keyword Filtering in order to filter web and mail access according to the rules set by you in the Keywords section.
• Heuristic web filter - enable this option in order to filter web access according to pre-established rules based on age categories
  

Heuristic Web Filter Tolerance

Drag the slider along the scale to set the protection level you consider appropriate for the selected user.

There are 3 protection levels:

Click Custom Level to set your own filtering rules. In the window that will appear, select the content categories (gambling, hacking, porn etc) you want BitDefender to stop the user from accessing on the web and click OK.

Click Default Level to set the slider at default level.

Web Control

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