Best Internet Filters

Internet Filters:

Hybrid filters (filters with accountability software in them):
http://www.safeeyes.com/ ($60/yr) (My #1 reccomended filter) (Windows & Mac)
http://www.bsafe.com/ ($60/yr)
http://www.familyguardian.net/ ($6 per month)

Filtered Internet Service Provider:
http://www.safebrowse.com/ (dialup)
http://www.integrity.com/ (highspeed)

Internet spyware, filter, and tracker software programs that are unhackable & best for computer experts or hackers with porn problems: http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/SpectorPro_Windows/index.html
http://www.webwatcherkids.com/

Smart Filters that detect porn websites instead of using a blocklist:
http://www.integrity.com/
http://www.naomifilter.org/ - Free Filter, closes browser when porn is accessed

(CAUTION: Naomi has no tech support available. Do not lose your admin password or you will be unable to change filter settings. Please have a friend or relative keep track of your admin password.)

Cheaper filters than most with freetrial:
http://www.netdogsoft.com/

Free filters (may not work, but you get what you pay for):
http://www.k9webprotection.com/ (Excellent Free Filter, allows/blocks indiv. sites)
http://www.weblocker.com/ (works only with Windows 98)

Accountability only software:
http://www.covenanteyes.com/ (price varies, $6/mth)
http://www.accountable2you.com/ (Free - may have problems on some computers)

You can find a free accountability software called X3watch from:
http://www.xxxchurch.com/ - creators
http://www.x3watch.com/ - (Free/$15) sometimes doesn't work, only emails reports.

X3watch has been updated to fix problems that prevent it from working on some computers. You may try it out again, if it hasn't worked for you in the past.

DNS Filter - Only blocks HTML websites
http://www.scrubit.com/index.cfm

With Scrubit - teens simply set up the filter to work with the Windows XP Administrator for their computer. Then, they create a subaccount for themselves. Then, they ask a parent to password protect the administrator. Thus - teens can have filtering going on, without parents knowing about it.

If you use Linux, try:
http://dansguardian.org/
or you can work with OpenDNS:
http://www.opendns.com/features/adult/

There are some Firefox extensions that block porn as well. Don't rely exclusively on those! They aren't as strong as full-fledged internet filters and can be easily turned off: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4351
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1803

That said, AdBlock Plus for Firefox is a useful extension to block all porn/sexually explicit ads on the internet (thus taking away an extra source of temptation):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

If you use Opera, use its 'Blocked Content' feature:
http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/ad-block

Additional Filter Links information:
http://www.porn-free.org/filter.htm

Many men have found porn freedom simply by getting accountability software & someone to keep track of them. However, Safe Eyes has the best accountability software. I recommend it first to all my accountability partners. Instead of emailing your accountability partner 1-2 times a month, Safe Eyes will allow your partner to see up to the minute reports on what websites you are viewing, and INTERNET software you are using 24/7 every day.

Also, Safe Eyes has user alerts, you can find more about it on their website: http://www.safeeyes.com/


Statistics:
90% of guys that contact me for accountability online found porn through an image search engine (like google, ask jeeves, alta vista, etc.)

90% of these guys that backslide into veiwing porn, use one of the old websites or image search engines that they used previously to view porn.

That's why I STRONGLY reccomend/ask/command those I keep accountable to get a filter on their computer and AT LEAST block just their old porn websites, and all image search engines. I reccomend that they use a link-only search engine instead like: http://www.hotbot.com/

Also, 50% of the college-age guys that ask me for accountability use a P2P filesharing program to veiw porn and bypass internet filters. It AMAZES me how many young guys think that because they veiw TONS of porn using the P2P program online and not their internet browser - they think they are 'porn free.' How dumb is that? According to statistics: - 60% of the pictures on P2P services are porn. And, some of that contains child pornography (eek!).

So, all in all it's best to uninstall all P2P programs and use a filter (like Safe Eyes http://www.safeeyes.com/ ) that can monitor and block all P2P programs from accessing the internet.

Web tools:

User beware! Be careful of Free software tools. There's no warrenty, and I'm not responcible for suggesting them. Also, do not install any filter or related product on a computer with a filter installed on it. Remove all other filters before installing a filter or tool on your computer to prevent system conflicts.

User Logger: http://chemware.co.nz/usrlog.htm Win95/98/NT/2000/XP/:

User Logger stores information about who used a computer - uniquely identify the user and computer. When they used it - exact dates and times, what they did: See what programs they used, take pictures of the screen, see what they typed. Plus, User Logger comes with built in Screen Capturing utility to make screen shots and save them as GIF or JPEG images. 327 K

Free Parental Control: http://www.free-parental-control.com/ / Win95/98/NT/2000/XP

This free software checks your PC for explicit or other unwanted content picked up from the Internet while you surf the Web. Detects and removes explicit adult material, removes cookies, cache and URLs of explicit Web sites visited. Parent-Friendly Software for Protecting Kids Online Control Kids products are easy and effective software tools that help parents protect children who surf on the Internet. They give you control over what comes into and goes out of your computer. 794 K

Additional Filter Links and information: http://www.porn-free.org/filter.htm