Why use Parental Control?

The World Wide Web is host to millions of pages offering information and entertainment on almost every topic you can think of. News sites. Game sites. Homework sites. Sites for airplane models and for tracking your friends from your high school. However, the Web's great advantage is also its disadvantage: anyone with a computer can create a web site, and the web pages that person or company makes available may not be something you want your child to be exposed to.

That's where the Virgin Broadband PCguard Parental Control service comes in. You can use the Parental Control service to:

• Block web sites based on categories
• Block or allow web sites based on the URL of the site
• Block Internet access for categories of programs or individual programs
• Schedule when Internet access is available

For more information on this service, see the following:

• How Site-Blocking Works
• When the Parental Control Service Blocks a Web Page
• Kid-Friendly Sites Always Allowed
• Other Features of the Parental Control Service
• Parental Control - Part of a Larger Security Strategy