How It WorksContentScreen is the perfect fit for desktop or laptop computer users. Regardless of how the user connects to the Internet anywhere in the world, filtering is present. Every site visited can be tracked and checked, and kept in a report on our server, for your review. The ContentScreen Internet Filter is a “thin client" software based Content Filter, visited sites reporting and accountability program that works with our list server to ensure your full protection without any maintenance on your part. The list server uses the best of class filtering methods in Web site URL lists, IP Addresses and Intelligent Keywords. These are continually updated to give you peace of mind, since there are 4,000+ new pornography websites started every day. Not to mention the 22 other categories with which we give you the choice to filter. Without the thin client based solution, a user could simply bypass the network by using a wireless connection or simply plugging into a phone line and using an internet dial-up service. This method also allows you to have the freedom to use any service provider of your choice: cable, DSL, dial-up or wireless. All of this gives ContentScreen a level of service virtually unparalleled amongst our competitors in protection and flexibility. The “thin-client" works in concert with the list server by forcing all URL requests to compare against the blocked site list before allowing or disallowing the end-user to view the site. Since this check is merely the comparison of strings of text, it takes a mere fraction of a second to complete. Upon installation of the filtering, this “thin-client" is placed on the end-user's computer, where it operates in the background of the system, much like a virus protection program. The “thin-client" requires no further administration or configuration and cannot be turned off or disabled except by the administrator of the account. Our filter works faster than any other method and is easy to set up and maintain. In a recent third-party evaluation, the ContentScreen was cited as “more secure" than other filters. ContentScreen’s list server relies largely on a massive database of categorized websites to provide content filtering. This list is maintained on the server and updated constantly by using an intelligent “spider" to search the Internet and add undesirable sites to the list, and by using human review to make judgment calls where necessary. To further enhance the content filter power of the ContentScreen, intelligent keywords are used in the pornography category to catch obvious pornographic URLs and prevent search engines from searching for offensive terms. The intelligent part of the search improves the accuracy of the content filter by allowing words like "Middlesex , England " and "breast cancer" while disallowing words like "sex" and "breast". Though the content filter does not rely exclusively on keywords, they do enhance the blocked-site list, providing a real "one-two punch" in fighting online abuse without over-blocking. Our goal is to help you to freely enjoy the internet with maximum protection.
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