Win 3.1, Win 95. Works with CompuServe, but not AOL or certain dialup Internet connection programs. Win 3.1, Win 95. Works with all online services. Currently blocks 25,000 sites.
Users can e-mail suggestions of sites to block.
Staff of three patrollers surfs for sites to ban. Least consistent screening of programs we tested. Because it uses no keyword filtering, it only blocks sites that have been pre-identified as inappropriate. Spotty results, but most customizable. Parents can activate or deactivate categories like nudity, partial nudity, sexual acts, intolerance, militant extremism, drugs.