With children using the home computer, you need more protection than just an anti-virus program. You need some way to block them from deliberately or accidentally being directed to porn sites and sites loaded with malware.
Mike Burgess's Custom Hosts file is one very good answer, that's still FREE.
Install his "HostsMan" program to download and install his Hosts file for you, making it very easy to keep your hosts file up to date.
And then, sign up for his email notification of when his new hosts file is ready for download. Here's what you get in that email:
The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [09-06-07]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Download: hosts.zip (143 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm
HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm
Note: the "text" version makes a great resource
for determining possible culprits ... (623 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Sign up for HOSTS file update notices
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm#contribute
Visit the Hosts News blog
http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx
Mike Burgess
Microsoft MVP - 1999-2007
"There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
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Any time you can add so much protection to your computer for FREE,
(the rest is up to you).
Be Happy and Stay Safe,
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