This giveaway is closed. The winning numbers are 25, 16, 6, 18, 8, 4, 13, 21, 11, and 1. Congratulations!
This week’s giveaway is of a practical nature. It’s something every parent needs — internet safety for your child! CyberPatrol was given 4 stars by PC Magazine and this is what they said about it:
CyberPatrol includes all the features I look for in a parental-control system and implements them with unusual flexibility. Its IM filtering is innovative.
Did you know that:
- 72% of kids don’t tell their parents what they do online
- 61% admit using the Internet unsafely or inappropriately
- 71% received messages from someone they don’t know
- 55% have given out personal information to a stranger
- 12% met in person with someone they first met online
- Nearly 50% have been bullied online
- 39% have downloaded illegal music content
Yikes Stripes!
Here are the features of CyberPatrol:
- Blocks undesirable web sites — Keeps porn, adult content, gambling and other undesirable content away from your kids.
- Designed for kids of all ages and all Internet skill levels. You control the extent to which you want to manage their Internet access.
- Restricts chat & Instant Messaging — Filters chat, instant messaging and other programs to prevent important information from being revealed, like names, addresses and phone numbers.
CyberPatrol costs $39.95 and protects up to 3 PCs. You can download a free 14 day trial copy of CyberPatrol from their web site.
The only downside is that CyberPatrol is designed for Windows-based standalone PCs. Unfortunately that leaves us Mac users out in the cold. But if you have PCs and children, this sounds like an excellent product to keep your children safe online.
WIN IT! I’m giving away 10 copies of CyberPatrol software! YES, TEN. You can earn up to four entries. These are all optional. Enter one, two, three, or four times. Here’s how.
1) Leave a comment – ANY COMMENT – on this post. That’s a gimme, right?
2) Twitter the contest. (OPTIONAL)
3) Blog the contest. (OPTIONAL)
4) Give yourself an entry if you’re a subscriber. (OPTIONAL)
Good luck! Ten winners will be chosen at random on Saturday, January 24th.
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I WANT ONE! My 4 kids, Boy 18, Boy 16, Girl 13, Boy 10 – I could really use the extra help in policing the net information and other “stuff” on the “interweb” (that’s what my Dad calls it)
Plus I subscribe to your blog feed through google reader and I am following you on Tweeter, which you are great at by the way – I LOVE the practical mixed with the funny! Thanks!
Alright, I have been looking for a good product for internet safety…thanks for the review!
Twitted: http://twitter.com/exactlythat/status/1130623462
I re twittered this GREAT contest! Sheesh – your really making us work for this. OK, this is entry #2!
I don’t currently have a blog, but I can post it on facebook – done, hope that counts, I know it will…. that’s how you roll, I can just tell. OK, entry #3 submitted and completed!
*EXTRA – EXTRA* I’m definitely a subscriber, so this concludes my legal (as per the rules of contest listed above) entries. If there becomes another exciting way to enter – and it really needs to be exciting – please advise and I will comply! So, entry #4 submitted, completed and accounted for. (is this begging, because I always thought I was above begging, but I’m re-thinking that now)
Now that my daughter is 10, we have moved the computer to the living room where I can clearly see what they are up to. THIS would be the greatest thing ever to have to keep her safe.
Twittered it!!! (lesslisa)
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Hope you have a great day!
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I could definitely use this!! I have two children that can get past child safety blocks we have on our computer. We watch them…but I would love to have the piece of mind that we’re doing all we can to protect them!
What timing – hubby and I were just talking night before last about getting something on our sons computer. He’s only recently had access to the internet, and it’s a little bit scary! We are setting up some pretty strict rules, but that doesn’t feel like enough to protect him. We could definitely use this – thanks for the chance!
I subscribe through Bloglines – does that count as entry #2?
Sounds like a great tool to have one hand…with kids who surf the web.
What a great thing to try out – my kids are just starting to get online, so it’s the perfect time to implement.
i need this becuz of my teen son!
i sub via google reader!
I would love to have this for my 7 year old, she loves going on the internet-but I want her to have fun, but be safe. Thanks for the opportunity.
micaela6955 at msn dot com
I subscribe to your feed!
micaela6955 at msn dot com
I need this. I don’t have anything on my computer. My daughter hasn’t really gotten into the IM thing, but it’s coming, and my 4 yo spends a good bit of time on the computer. One wrong click could land him in unsafe territory.
I also subscribe to your feed.
This is a great tool to have. Thanks for such a sensible and generous giveaway!