Trend Micro Parental Controls Help
To install Trend Micro Home Network Security, click the Trend Micro banner
(Enable Trend Micro Home Network Security Now) and then follow the instructions
in the Home Network Security Quick Start Guide. The Quick Start Guide is included
with your router as a printed document or in PDF format on the NETGEAR Resource CD.
To Enable Parental Controls
- Click Always to turn on Parental Controls all the time.
- Click Never to turn off Parental Controls.
- Click Per Schedule to turn on Parental Controls at the times specified on the Schedule page.
Note: After changing Parental Controls settings, click Apply to save changes.
To select Parental Controls mode:
- Click Use General Controls to select General mode. In General mode, one access profile applies to all users.
- Click Use Per-User Controls to select Per-User mode. In Per-User mode, each user has an individual access profile.
Note: In Per-User mode, all users must log in before accessing the Internet.
To configure General mode:
- Enter a password in the Parental Controls Bypass Password box, re-enter it in the Confirm password box,
and then click Apply. This password allows users to access pages that are blocked by Parental Controls.
- Select the access profile that will apply to all users, as follows:
- To select a predefined profile, click Apply Profile and then choose a profile from the list.
- To create a custom profile, click Use Custom Settings and then select the check boxes as desired. (For additional choices, click More Categories.)
- To allow unrestricted Internet access, click No Restrictions.
- Click Apply.
To configure Per-User mode
The User Account Information table in Per-User mode shows each user's name, access profile, and status.
Users with Active status can access the Internet sites permitted by their access profiles. Users with
Inactive status cannot log in and cannot access any Internet sites.
To add a new user:
- Click Add. Type the new user's login name and password, and then re-enter the password in the Confirm
password box.
- Select the new user's status. To allow Internet access, click Active. To completely disable this user's Internet
access, click Inactive.
- Select the access profile that will apply to this user, as follows:
- To select a predefined profile, click Apply Profile and then choose a profile from the list.
- To create a custom profile, click Use Custom Settings and then select the check boxes as desired. (For additional choices, click More Categories.)
- To allow unrestricted Internet access, click No Restrictions.
- Click Apply.
To change a user's account information:
- Select the user's name in the User Account Information table and then click Edit.
- Make the desired changes, and then click Apply.
To delete a user, select the user's name in the User Account Information table and then click Delete.
To view access logs:
Click Parental Controls Logs to view attempts to access restricted sites, and actual accesses.
Blocking criteria for potentially offensive categories:
- Adult/Mature Content:
Sites that contain material of an adult nature but without excessive violence, sexual content, or nudity.
These sites may include profane or vulgar content and other content inappropriate for children.
- Alcohol/Tobacco:
Sites that promote or sell alcohol and tobacco products. Also includes sites that glamorize or otherwise
encourage alcohol and tobacco consumption. Does not include sites that sell alcohol or tobacco as a subset
of another business.
- Gambling:
Sites at which users can place bets or participate in betting pools (including lotteries) online. Also
includes sites that provide information, assistance, recommendations, or training on placing bets or
participating in games of chance. Does not include sites that sell gambling-related products or machines.
Also does not include offline casino and hotel sites, unless they meet one of the foregoing criteria.
- Hacking/Proxy Avoidance:
Sites providing information on illegal or questionable access to, or use of, communications equipment
and software, or that provide information on how to bypass proxy server features or gain unauthorized access
to URLs.
- Illegal Drugs:
Sites that promote, offer, sell, supply, or advocate the illegal use, cultivation, manufacture or distribution
of drugs, pharmaceuticals, intoxicating plants and chemicals, and related paraphernalia.
- Illegal/Questionable:
Sites that advocate or give advice on performing illegal acts such as service theft, evading law enforcement,
fraud, burglary techniques, and plagiarism. Also includes sites that provide or sell questionable educational
materials, such as term papers.
- Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit:
Sites that sell or contain images of swimsuits, intimate apparel, or other suggestive clothing. Does not include
sites selling undergarments as a subset of another business.
- Nudity:
Sites that contain nude or seminude depictions of the human body. These depictions need not be sexual in intent
or effect. May include sites containing nude paintings or photo galleries of an artistic nature. This category
also includes nudist or naturist sites containing pictures of nude individuals.
- Pornography:
Sites that contain sexually explicit material for the purpose of arousing a sexual interest.
- Sex Education:
Sites that provide information (sometimes graphic) on reproduction, sexual development, safe sex practices, sexuality,
birth control, and sexual development. Also includes sites that offer tips for better sex as well as products used for sexual enhancement.
- Violence/Hate/Racism:
Sites that depict extreme physical harm to people or property, or which advocate or provide instructions on how
to cause such harm. Also includes sites that advocate or depict hostility toward, or the denigration of, an
individual or group on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, and so forth.
- Weapons:
Sites that sell, review, or describe weapons such as guns, knives, martial arts devices, and related accessories,
or that provide information on their use or modification. Does not include sites that promote weapons collecting,
or groups that either support or oppose weapons ownership.