The child is growing. One day he will remember the password and figure out how to find a new episode of his favorite cartoon on Youtube - all this will be a joy for mom and dad! Little fingers quickly type text into a search engine and deftly cope with tasks that are beyond the power of amazed grandparents. And now we no longer control where the child will go after the cartoon and what unnecessary things he will see on the Internet by accident...For many families, school time begins not only with choosing a briefcase, but also with buying a first phone “just in case” (and increasingly, a smartphone with Internet access). A little earlier or a little later, but any child receives a means of communication with his parents. Not all, but many mothers and fathers think about what their child can see or download on the Internet. Even if you have an obedient child and you have given instructions on the “dos and don’ts” on the Internet, the likelihood of encountering harmful information is high!

Text: Natalya Smirnova.

How does the parental control system work?

Children and technology

Modern parents begin to use smartphones and tablets quite early both for the development of the child (there are now a great many interesting educational programs for kids) and for leisure (in queues, on the road, and just for the joy of the child). While the children are growing up, this does not cause unnecessary trouble. The whole process is controlled by the parent: he downloads programs and interesting educational games, chooses cartoons on the Internet, and also limits the time of games.

Our first-grader also went to school with a phone and spent a lot of time using it independently during after-school activities and during breaks. And we armed ourselves with the Parental Control program from ESET.

Parents and their helpers

It is difficult for a child for whom adults have not defined the limits of what is permitted to learn to limit himself. This is especially true when it comes to playing games and being on the Internet. Along with the growth of gaming content and the development of technology, opportunities have appeared on the market to limit access to the vast world of the Internet. We received an application for testing ESET NOD32 Parental Control for Android, created by ESET (a leading developer of antivirus software).

For the test we used Lenovo tablet(parent) and LG G3 smartphone (child), the devices are connected to the Internet.

Step 1. Download on both mobile devices and the ESET app Mobile Security: Google Play or Play Market to help you (we first chose free trial version 3.2.60.0-0). Select the settings you are interested in. For example, if you wish, you can enable the Anti-Theft function in case your device is stolen or lost. This will allow you to monitor the movements of the device online, send a message to the finder, take pictures from the built-in camera personal account on the portal my.eset.com.

Step 2. Install the Parental Control application on both gadgets and configure the necessary options. Thus, determining the child’s location is only available when geolocation is enabled on the child’s device.

Everything is easy and simple.

TEST 1. GAMES

ESET NOD32 Parental Control allows you to limit the time available for your child to play. We set it to 30 minutes a day on weekdays and 2 hours on weekends. My son received personalized messages from the application: “Vovka, time for games has expired for today.” Through quick messages, your child can contact you to increase play time - you will always keep your finger on the pulse and, if necessary, explain your decision to him. For example, remind you about things to do or lessons. This is especially convenient for working parents who leave their children at home alone.

The application also allows you to configure which part of the day your child can play. This is very convenient to eliminate games during breaks between lessons. It’s not uncommon to see schoolchildren leaving the classroom and immersing themselves in a game, only to raise their heads from the gadget when the bell rings, while not communicating with each other at all and not taking a break from intense studies.

Advice: Please note that you can set different hours for games on different days of the week (depending on your schedule).

TEST 2. ON THE NETWORK

Controlling our son’s online activities is a necessary option for us, including because of pop-up ads and random “adult” content. The parental control module allows you to protect children from unwanted information. The user can easily set up access to sites on various topics depending on the child’s age, block resources in more than 20 categories, and create their own black and white lists of sites.

The application allows you to set up control so that you can view your child’s activity on the Internet daily (and even online) or receive notifications by mail (for example, a week, a month). Settings can be edited from the parent’s device and the list of unwanted sites can be changed.

Our son did not try to access suspicious sites marked 18+, so we had to ask his dad to “help.” In such cases, the application addressed the child by name and warned that this resource was not suitable for him.

Of course, there is always the opportunity to send a message to mom asking for permission to do this or that action. In this case, a request is received on the parent’s device; after studying the content of the site, it remains to decide whether to agree or deny.

Advice: do not tell your child the password or create a complex one so that he cannot make changes to the settings himself.

TEST 3. CHILD'S COORDINATES

The user will be able to monitor the child’s movements online. Of course, we are talking about detailing down to the building, and not to the apartment or office! But making sure your child gets to school is easy. Determining the location of a child can only be complicated by the quality of cellular coverage.

Advice: Don't expect to know the teenager's coordinates unless he wants to. It’s not hard to guess how to turn off the location or the Internet on your child’s smartphone (this cannot be prohibited). This only works with younger students.

The school year has ended, our son's first year at school. For him it was difficult, but interesting: new friends, new knowledge and, most importantly, independence. And we are glad that many worries were avoided thanks to the useful ESET program.

Parental controls from ESET solve the following problems:

1. Children see only safe sites.
2. You know what apps children open and how much time they spend playing games.
3. You are calm because children are always in sight.
4. Children receive hints in a playful way.

Advantages: ease of use, on-line control, ability to edit settings at any time from the parent’s device.

Flaws: some limitations of the application can be overcome by an “advanced” child with computer skills.

Hello friends! Questions about protecting computers and choosing antivirus programs have always been and will be relevant. I noticed that in Lately, everyone who turned to me for some kind of help, not necessarily related to viruses, very often tries to ask me the question, which antivirus is better to install, paid or free, licensed, or can you get by with an antivirus that activated by key from the Internet?

And as a rule, everyone is puzzled by such questions after they catch or collect viruses, when Windows simply won’t boot. Ransomware viruses work especially well in this matter, it’s just that it’s immediately clear to any user that it’s a virus, and it’s also so effective :). The answers to the questions I voiced above are always different. You just need to take into account the needs of the user. What he does on his computer, what information is stored on the computer, etc.

If you often read my blog, you probably noticed that I already wrote that I have been using antivirus for a very long time ESET NOD32. And somehow, out of habit, I recommend it to everyone. If now someone is thinking about advertising, then this is not so, ESET did not pay for either this article or my morality towards NOD32. Unfortunately 🙂 just a joke.

In fact, NOD32 is a good, lightweight antivirus. Especially if you buy ESET NOD32.

I recently bought a laptop, installed the system on it, and then it just came out a new version ESET NOD32 Smart Security , sixth version. Installed a new antivirus on new system, works great. Today I decided to do a short review of ESET NOD32 Smart Security 6.

I will not describe the installation process. It is standard and there is nothing special there. Just before installing a new antivirus, do not forget to remove the old one and restart your computer. I deleted it once old version NOD32 and immediately started installing a new one, I received a message that installation required a computer restart.

After installation and ESET activation NOD32 Smart Security 6 is immediately ready for use; no additional settings are required. For not very experienced users, this is a very important point.

Review of NOD32 Smart Security 6

As expected, after installation the antivirus hides in the notification panel and quietly works there.

If you double-click on the antivirus icon with the left mouse button, the NOD32 Smart Security 6 working window will open. It looks like this:

The interface is simple and clear. There are six tabs on the left. Each is responsible for certain antivirus functions.

Homepage– current information about the status of the antivirus is displayed. You can immediately with home page run a computer scan. The license expiration date is also displayed.

– a tab where you can run a computer scan for viruses. You can run both a full scan and a custom scan of your computer.

– a tab that is responsible for updating anti-virus databases and for the status of the current version of the NOD32 Smart Security anti-virus program itself. The anti-virus database update starts automatically, but you can start the update manually by simply clicking the button “Update now”.

Settings– a tab, by opening which you can enable or disable certain modules of the antivirus program. For example, you can disable/enable Game Mode, firewall, Internet access protection, etc. You can also disable a certain module for a while, until you restart the computer, or forever.

– this is the last point, which is responsible for supporting the ESET NOD32 Smart Security 6 program itself. On the “Help and Support” tab, you can contact ESET for support if you have any problems with the program. Of course, you need to have an antivirus license.

Looks like he went over everything. Also, if you need to go into additional settings, then at the top right click on the button with a checkmark and select “Additional settings” . Also in this window you can completely disable ESET NOD32 Smart Security 6 protection, sometimes this is necessary.

I think that my short review of NOD32 Smart Security 6 will help you choose an antivirus program. If you have the opportunity, I advise you to buy a license. Moreover, there is an opportunity.

This article is on such a topic that it cannot be avoided without controversy. Everyone has antivirus program, to which we have already become accustomed and it seems the best. Therefore, I will be happy to communicate with you in the comments to this article. Best wishes!

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ESET NOD32 Smart Security 6 review. Tips and tricks updated: March 21, 2013 by: admin

For application ESET NOD32 Smart Security and antivirus ESET NOD32 The default scan settings provide optimal performance and protection at the same time. However, to avoid increased scanning time and possible conflicts with the existing software, some options are disabled in the standard profile. To enable these options, you need to do the following:

1. Open the main program window. To do this, click on the antivirus icon in the notification area Windows or select menu Start - All Programs - ESET - ESET NOD32 Smart Security or ESET Antivirus NOD32.
2. In the left column click Settings and then select Go to advanced settings...
3. A window will open Additional settings. In chapter Computer - Protection against viruses and spyware tree structure select Scan your computer.
4. You need to make sure that to configure Selected profile set value Detailed scan. Press the button Settings kernel parameters ThreatSense.
5. In the left column of the window Configuring ThreatSense kernel parameters select section Objects. You need to make sure that all the sections on the right side of the section are selected Objects options.
6. Select section Methods Methods.
7. Select section Cleaning in the left column. Set slider Cleaning level, located on the right side of the section Cleaning, to position Thorough cleaning(far right position). Press the button OK.
8. Press the button Extensions. You need to make sure that the drop down menu Extensions item selected Scan all files.
9. Select section Limits in the left column. You need to make sure that all the boxes located on the right side of the section are checked Limits.

If these options are enabled, no prompt is displayed when a threat is detected. First with a scanner ESET An attempt is made to automatically clean up the threat. If cleanup fails, the threat is removed. By doing Detailed scanning Scanning time may increase.

And the NOD32 antivirus from the Slovak developer – ESET – is one of the most worthy representatives of security software on today’s software market. The main advantages of this antivirus are reliability, high speed works, nice user interface. NOD32 is the choice of many professionals. This antivirus is recommended to their users by many providers, this antivirus is used in computer classes, this antivirus in cases with low-power computer devices is perhaps the only way to have high-quality protection while surfing the web, which will take up a minimum of already scarce resources for its functioning systems.

NOD32 – flexible and customizable. A huge number of settings will allow the program to be used by users with different experience in working with a PC, with different needs for the level of protection.

Below we will consider not NOD32 itself in its “solo version”, but the ESET NOD32 Smart Security antivirus system, into which the antivirus has evolved today. ESET NOD32 Smart Security is a comprehensive protection, an “All in one” software package, which, in addition to antivirus, also includes a firewall, antispam, parental controls, protection against phishing and vulnerabilities, and cloud technologies for PC protection.

So, what options does ESET's comprehensive protection offer us? But first, let’s look at the features of installing the program.

Installation process of ESET NOD32 Smart Security

We go to the official website of NOD32 Smart Security and download the installer in accordance with the bit capacity of the system.

We launch the installer, follow the installation progress, and if desired, omit the intrusive offers from Yandex.

In the window for entering license data, enter the user name and key to activate NOD32 Smart Security, if any, of course, exist. You can receive them by subscribing to an antivirus system via SMS. Following the instructions, you need to send a paid message to receive data. Or you can do it differently - click the “Install trial version” option. In any case, license data can be entered later in the program interface itself.

After the window with standard form adoption license agreement The installation wizard will prompt you to join ESET Live Grid, a web-based, reputation-based threat detection system. Thanks to streaming data from the Live Grid web system on user computers, you can check the reputation of running processes or files directly in the antivirus window. We agree with the proposal.

The next step in the NOD32 Smart Security installation process is to choose whether to install Potentially Unwanted Application Detection. You should not refuse this opportunity, because not every program offered for download on the Internet (especially free ones) can be safe and truly useful. A potentially unwanted application does not necessarily have to further the malicious intent of its developer. These are often harmless but useless programs that can waste system resources. Typically, such potentially unwanted applications are installed in addition to useful programs, which users install purposefully.

So the function of detecting potentially unwanted applications will clearly not be superfluous, especially if the computer’s resources leave much to be desired. Press the button "Install".

At the end of the installation wizard, click the button "Ready".

But that is not all. You need to specify a couple more parameters to NOD32. Specify the type of Internet connection — home or public network.

In the activation window, if there is no NOD32 Smart Security license data, select “Activate trial license”, which will allow you to test the antivirus 30 days free .

Enter the address Email, confirm it in the adjacent field, then click the button below "Activate".

Click "Ready" to complete the activation process.

NOD32 Smart Security will offer module activation "Anti-theft". If we are talking about portable computing devices - laptops or tablets - this function can be very useful. The Anti-Theft module allows you to locate a stolen laptop or tablet by tracking the Wi-Fi signal so that the device can be returned.

NOD32 Smart Security will launch and scan your PC. The antivirus system icon will be located in the system tray. By clicking on this icon, we get access to frequently used functionality and, of course, the ability to call the main window.

Organization and functionality of NOD32 Smart Security

Well, the program is installed, let's look at its internal organization and functionality.

In the NOD32 Smart Security window we will see tab sections neatly placed on the left, and the contents of each of these tab sections will be displayed on the right. The main window is the so-called Homepage NOD32 – provides access to frequently used functionality. It also displays the status of the antivirus and the date until which the entered license data is valid.

In the tab "PC Scan" We will see, accordingly, options for starting the scanning process - "Scanning Smart", during which the antivirus will check everything local disks computer and will remove all detected threats, "Selective Scan", during which only a certain user-specified area of ​​the computer will be scanned, "Scanning removable media» and automatic repeat of the last scanning mode.

In addition to the template scanning modes, here, in the tab-section "PC Scan" You can view the scan log and set your own computer scan mode by selecting the part to be scanned and certain parameters in "Computer scan settings".

Update antivirus database and the version of NOD32 Smart Security can be found in the corresponding tab-section "Update".

Tab-section "Settings" allows you to disable active computer protection modules and enable inactive ones.

At the very end of the settings section, functions for activating NOD32 Smart Security and importing/exporting settings will be available. The latter allows you to configure the anti-virus system once, export the settings file and later when changing the device or after reinstalling operating system import this file, thereby setting NOD32 Smart Security to the desired state - with the required active modules and set parameters. The very last option in the settings section tab is the option to go to the advanced program parameters.

Advanced settings allow experienced users to flexibly customize the operation of the antivirus to their preferences - enable or disable malware and rootkit detection modes, enable modes for integrating individual software functions into the system, configure the firewall included with NOD32 Smart Security, set protection parameters for mail clients, configure the program interface and notification settings, as well as “play” with other options of the anti-virus system.

Tab section "Service" contains simple useful utilities, which will certainly be useful to experienced users when working with a computer.

IN "Log Files" You can view what operations the antivirus performed and what infected files it detected. We can delete detected files using the appropriate command in the context menu. "Scheduler" will allow you to schedule tasks in advance for their execution by the antivirus at a designated time in the future. Using the utility "Protection system statistics" you can see how many infected objects were detected and how many were cleaned. "Send file for analysis" is a utility whose name speaks volumes about its essence. Anyone can send to the developer - ESET - a suspicious file or, conversely, a verified file, but with a false antivirus response.

If there is another computer device, in which the virus is in full swing and blocks the launch of the antivirus, and, perhaps, Windows does not start at all, an emergency system recovery disk will help cure this computer, laptop or tablet - SysRescue. It can be created using the tab-section utility "Service" — "ESET SysRescue".

"Quarantine"— files that are classified by the antivirus as threatening objects are placed here. This is where you need to look for keygens and other files that NOD32 considers dangerous in order to restore them.

Concluding the review...

NOD32 Smart Security is a paid solution, and the developers made sure that from the device on which the brainchild of ESET is running, the user in no case ends up on a site where antivirus activation keys are distributed for free. However, it is possible to use a free antivirus system, although you will have to tinker a little with it. software settings to manually add the required sites to exceptions.

IN this review We will be reviewing ESET's parental control protection program. This application is available for mobile devices under Android control. Child protection will be at the highest level. Now we will look at many pros and cons ESET NOD32 Parental Control.

Now there are a lot of parental control programs for smartphones, in principle they are not so bad, for example, here. But let's quickly get to the point. For those who don’t know, these tools allow you to protect your child from visiting sites, for example, for adults or those that call for some action that can be prosecuted by law, or where they promote drugs, alcohol, etc. For mobile devices, ESET has tried and created the ESET NOD32 Parental Control application. Of course, the program does not have certain features that would be useful, and there is no iPhone support.

By the way, you can find out about other ESET products on their website - https://www.esetnod32.ru/home/products/for-windows/. The price and available functions of each product are indicated there.

A little about the program [Price, test period]

ESET NOD32 Parental Control is a paid program and costs approximately 1000 rubles per year (annual subscription). This may be expensive for some users, but the price is reasonable for a tool with many useful functions. You can also get the app in conjunction with other ESET products, such as when you subscribe to ESET NOD32 Smart Security, which costs $85 per year.

In order for people to appreciate the application, there is a 30-day trial period, during which you can get acquainted with all the functionality of the software.

Working with ESET NOD32 Parental Control [Description of functionality]

ESET's parental control app has a web filtering feature called Web Control. It allows you to block access to sites that are dangerous to visit. The program database already has a list of some categories of sites that are not suitable for children to view; also, sites can be sorted by age, which is very useful. You can customize these lists yourself, as well as set the addresses of sites that you should not visit.

After setting up parental controls, all changes are applied on the device. When testing web control, there were no special problems and everything worked as expected.

Next function "Application Control" no less useful than the first. From the name it is clear that with the help of it we will be able to manage applications installed on the smartphone. You will know which applications your child has installed and, if there is an inappropriate product, block it. If a child plays a game too much, or it has an adult category, then we block this application. You can also set a period of time that will be used for the application, after the end of the time the application will not be able to be used for some time. This way, you can create schedules for different apps and let your child do more rewarding activities, such as being outdoors.

In addition to the above functions, there are some other additions that will be very useful for parents. For example, you can monitor how much time your child spent online and how much he played a game. Another useful feature is location tracking. You will always know where your child is at the moment.

It would be nice if ESET had control over calls, it would be possible to block incoming calls from unwanted individuals, but there is still no control over correspondence on social networks.

Conclusion

Thus, the ESET NOD32 Parental Control program has many useful functions to protect your child from visiting inappropriate sites and using applications. You can set the time for using a particular application. You will also know where your child is. I remind you that you can use the ESET program for 30 days and if everything suits you, then buy a subscription for 1000 rubles per year.