The Unique Features of CYBERsitter

CYBERsitter is a brand of parental control software that was developed by Solid Oak Software. The new edition on the market today is version 9.0, priced at about $35. CYBERsitter is proud to be the only Internet filter software to receive the Editor's Choice award by PC Magazine five times. Indeed, this program is packed with some unique features and a whole lot of tools also found in other brands.

One of the unique features of CYBERsitter is that it can scan your hard drive in an attempt to find inappropriate materials already stored in your computer. Other programs do not have this feature, perhaps because their makers did not think that such a feature would matter. Even spy software can be detected by CYBERsitter, whether it is intentionally installed or not.

The email filter is another unique tool provided by CYBERsitter. This feature is just a basic filter for emails that cannot match the other software applications that are intended to do just that. Even if this is so, no other parental control software programs have this type of filter.

CYBERsitter can also act as a site blocker, with over 30 categories of predefined filters. A recent addition to these categories are Social Networking sites. MySpace and FaceBook are among the popular sites that can be blocked by CYBERsitter as they may pose potential harm to children.

CYBERsitter can also act as a keylogger to different types instant messengers, thereby recording the messages sent by both parties. It can also serve the functions of site loggers and record all the websites visited by a user during a session. Time can also be controlled by parents, and they can also get notified by email if there are occurrences that need to be reported. Finally, just like other programs, you have the option of keeping CYBERsitter in stealth settings, or it can be detected by other users.