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I usually hate to post large documents but here is mcafee's official faq on setting up controls. It should be helpful if this software is indeed blocking cookies. hope it helps
How do I set up Parental Controls?
Summary: This document explains how to set up the Parental Controls in McAfee Privacy Service.
Affected Products:
Privacy Service 9
Affected Operating Systems:
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Description
To set up Parental Controls in McAfee Privacy Service, you must first have User Accounts created for each child who uses the computer.
Note: The Configure link under Parental Controls under Home, Protection Status sets various options for Parental Controls, but it does not set up user accounts.
Setting up Parental Controls
User Accounts
To set up User Accounts, you will need to decide whether you want to use Windows accounts or McAfee accounts. If you decide to use Windows User Accounts, McAfee recommends creating a User Account for each person through the Windows Control Panel, and assigning a password.
If you decide to use McAfee User Accounts:
Open the SecurityCenter.
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Click Advanced.
Make sure Users is selected (top left corner of the box).
Click Switch (bottom right corner) to begin using McAfee User Accounts.
If you have not already done so, you will now need to create a password for your own Administrator account, and select a secret question and type the answer.
Click Add to create a new McAfee User.
Enter the User’s name, a password and re-type the password to confirm it.
Select whether this user will be an Administrator (not recommended) or a Limited User (recommended) and click Create.
Create any additional McAfee Users.
Set User Information
After the User Accounts have been created, you must set some basic information about each user:
Open the SecurityCenter (if not open).
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Click Advanced.
Click Parental Controls at the top left corner of the box.
Select a User in the Select User drop-down box.
For each user, define:
The age group of that user.
Note: You have the option to Restrict the user to Web Sites in the Allowed Web Sites list. Selecting this checkbox will prevent this user from getting to ANY web site you do not have listed in the Allowed Web Sites list.
How that user is allowed to handle cookies from various web sites.
The hours and days that you want that user to be able to access the internet.
Click OK when finished.
Now that User Accounts for each child are created and configured, you can set up Parental Controls.
Set up Parental Controls
Open SecurityCenter. You should be on the Home, Protection Status page.
Click on Parental Controls.
Ensure Parental Controls is Enabled.
Click the Configure icon below Content Blocking on the right.
Click Advanced.
Select one of the following (see descriptions below) and add or modify:
Blocked Web Sites
Allowed Web Sites
Cookies
Keywords
Image Analysis
Keyword Scanning
See description below for explanations on the settings.
Parental Control Settings
To access the Parental Control Settings:
Open the SecurityCenter.
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Under the Users section, click Advanced.
Make sure Parental Controls is selected (top left corner of the box).
Setting a user's content rating group
A user can belong to one of the following content rating groups:
Young child
Child
Younger teenager
Older teenager
Adult
Content is rated (that is, made available or blocked) based on the group to which the user belongs. For example, certain Web sites are blocked for users who belong to the young child group but are accessible to users who belong to the older teenager group. Users who belong to the adult group can access all content. By default, a new user is automatically added to the young child group, with full restrictions on the content available to them.
As an Administrator, you can set a user's content rating group, and then block or allow Web sites based on those groups. If you want to rate content for a user more strictly, you can also prevent the user from browsing any Web sites that are not included in the global Allow Web Sites list.
Setting a user's cookie blocking level
Some Web sites create small files on your computer called cookies to monitor your personal preferences and browsing habits. As an Administrator, you can assign one of the following cookie blocking levels to a user:
Accept all cookies.
Reject all cookies.
Prompt user to accept all cookies
The accept all cookies setting allows Web sites to read the cookies that they set on your computer when the corresponding user is logged in. The reject all cookies setting prevents Web sites from reading the cookies. The prompt user to accept cookies setting prompts the user each time a Web site attempts to set a cookie on your computer. The user can then decide whether to allow cookies on a case-by-case basis. After the user decides to accept or reject cookies for a particular Web site, they are not prompted again for that Web site.
Setting a user's Internet time limits
As an Administrator, you can use the Internet time limits grid to specify if and when a user can access the Internet. You can grant a user unrestricted Internet use, limited Internet use, or prohibit Internet use entirely.
The Internet time limits grid allows you to specify time limits in thirty-minute intervals. Green portions of the grid represent the days and times during which the user can access the Internet. Red portions of the grid represent the days and times during which access is denied. If a user tries to access the Internet during a prohibited period, McAfee notifies the user that they cannot do so. If you prohibit a user from accessing the Internet entirely, that user can log in and use the computer, but not the Internet.
Parental Controls Blocked/Allowed Web Sites
To access the Blocked/Allowed web sites list, follow these steps:
Open SecurityCenter. You should be on the Home, Protection Status page.
Click on Parental Controls.
Ensure Parental Controls is Enabled.
Click the Configure icon below Content Blocking on the right.
Click Advanced.
Select one of the options below and click Add or Modify:
Blocking Web sites
If you are an Administrator and you want to prevent all non-adult users from accessing a particular Web site, you block the Web site. When a user tries to access a blocked Web site, a message appears indicating that the site cannot be accessed because it is blocked by McAfee. Users (including Administrators) that belong to the adult age group can access all Web sites, even if the Web sites are in the Blocked Web Sites list. To test blocked Web sites, you must log in as a non-adult user.
As an Administrator, you can also block Web sites based on the keywords that the Web sites contain. McAfee maintains a default list of keywords and corresponding rules, which determines whether a user of a certain age group is permitted to browse a Web site where a keyword exists. When keyword scanning is enabled, the default list of keywords is used to rate content for users. However, you can add your own allowable keywords to the default list and associate these with certain age groups. Keyword rules that you add, override a rule that might be associated with a matching keyword in the default list. You can either look up existing keywords or specify new keywords to associate with certain age groups.
Allowing Web sites
If you are an Administrator, you can allow all users to access a particular Web site, overriding any default settings and blocked Web sites.
Allowing Web sites to set cookies
If you block all Web sites from reading the cookies they set on your computer or configure certain users to receive a message prompt before cookies are accepted, and then find that certain Web sites do not function properly, you can allow those sites to read their cookies.
Blocking potentially inappropriate Web images
Protect your family members by blocking potentially inappropriate images from appearing when browsing the Internet. Images are blocked for all users except members of the adult age group.
How do I set up Parental Controls?
Summary: This document explains how to set up the Parental Controls in McAfee Privacy Service.
Affected Products:
Privacy Service 9
Affected Operating Systems:
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Description
To set up Parental Controls in McAfee Privacy Service, you must first have User Accounts created for each child who uses the computer.
Note: The Configure link under Parental Controls under Home, Protection Status sets various options for Parental Controls, but it does not set up user accounts.
Setting up Parental Controls
User Accounts
To set up User Accounts, you will need to decide whether you want to use Windows accounts or McAfee accounts. If you decide to use Windows User Accounts, McAfee recommends creating a User Account for each person through the Windows Control Panel, and assigning a password.
If you decide to use McAfee User Accounts:
Open the SecurityCenter.
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Click Advanced.
Make sure Users is selected (top left corner of the box).
Click Switch (bottom right corner) to begin using McAfee User Accounts.
If you have not already done so, you will now need to create a password for your own Administrator account, and select a secret question and type the answer.
Click Add to create a new McAfee User.
Enter the User’s name, a password and re-type the password to confirm it.
Select whether this user will be an Administrator (not recommended) or a Limited User (recommended) and click Create.
Create any additional McAfee Users.
Set User Information
After the User Accounts have been created, you must set some basic information about each user:
Open the SecurityCenter (if not open).
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Click Advanced.
Click Parental Controls at the top left corner of the box.
Select a User in the Select User drop-down box.
For each user, define:
The age group of that user.
Note: You have the option to Restrict the user to Web Sites in the Allowed Web Sites list. Selecting this checkbox will prevent this user from getting to ANY web site you do not have listed in the Allowed Web Sites list.
How that user is allowed to handle cookies from various web sites.
The hours and days that you want that user to be able to access the internet.
Click OK when finished.
Now that User Accounts for each child are created and configured, you can set up Parental Controls.
Set up Parental Controls
Open SecurityCenter. You should be on the Home, Protection Status page.
Click on Parental Controls.
Ensure Parental Controls is Enabled.
Click the Configure icon below Content Blocking on the right.
Click Advanced.
Select one of the following (see descriptions below) and add or modify:
Blocked Web Sites
Allowed Web Sites
Cookies
Keywords
Image Analysis
Keyword Scanning
See description below for explanations on the settings.
Parental Control Settings
To access the Parental Control Settings:
Open the SecurityCenter.
Click Configure at the bottom of the screen (near View Details), and select Users.
Under the Users section, click Advanced.
Make sure Parental Controls is selected (top left corner of the box).
Setting a user's content rating group
A user can belong to one of the following content rating groups:
Young child
Child
Younger teenager
Older teenager
Adult
Content is rated (that is, made available or blocked) based on the group to which the user belongs. For example, certain Web sites are blocked for users who belong to the young child group but are accessible to users who belong to the older teenager group. Users who belong to the adult group can access all content. By default, a new user is automatically added to the young child group, with full restrictions on the content available to them.
As an Administrator, you can set a user's content rating group, and then block or allow Web sites based on those groups. If you want to rate content for a user more strictly, you can also prevent the user from browsing any Web sites that are not included in the global Allow Web Sites list.
Setting a user's cookie blocking level
Some Web sites create small files on your computer called cookies to monitor your personal preferences and browsing habits. As an Administrator, you can assign one of the following cookie blocking levels to a user:
Accept all cookies.
Reject all cookies.
Prompt user to accept all cookies
The accept all cookies setting allows Web sites to read the cookies that they set on your computer when the corresponding user is logged in. The reject all cookies setting prevents Web sites from reading the cookies. The prompt user to accept cookies setting prompts the user each time a Web site attempts to set a cookie on your computer. The user can then decide whether to allow cookies on a case-by-case basis. After the user decides to accept or reject cookies for a particular Web site, they are not prompted again for that Web site.
Setting a user's Internet time limits
As an Administrator, you can use the Internet time limits grid to specify if and when a user can access the Internet. You can grant a user unrestricted Internet use, limited Internet use, or prohibit Internet use entirely.
The Internet time limits grid allows you to specify time limits in thirty-minute intervals. Green portions of the grid represent the days and times during which the user can access the Internet. Red portions of the grid represent the days and times during which access is denied. If a user tries to access the Internet during a prohibited period, McAfee notifies the user that they cannot do so. If you prohibit a user from accessing the Internet entirely, that user can log in and use the computer, but not the Internet.
Parental Controls Blocked/Allowed Web Sites
To access the Blocked/Allowed web sites list, follow these steps:
Open SecurityCenter. You should be on the Home, Protection Status page.
Click on Parental Controls.
Ensure Parental Controls is Enabled.
Click the Configure icon below Content Blocking on the right.
Click Advanced.
Select one of the options below and click Add or Modify:
Blocking Web sites
If you are an Administrator and you want to prevent all non-adult users from accessing a particular Web site, you block the Web site. When a user tries to access a blocked Web site, a message appears indicating that the site cannot be accessed because it is blocked by McAfee. Users (including Administrators) that belong to the adult age group can access all Web sites, even if the Web sites are in the Blocked Web Sites list. To test blocked Web sites, you must log in as a non-adult user.
As an Administrator, you can also block Web sites based on the keywords that the Web sites contain. McAfee maintains a default list of keywords and corresponding rules, which determines whether a user of a certain age group is permitted to browse a Web site where a keyword exists. When keyword scanning is enabled, the default list of keywords is used to rate content for users. However, you can add your own allowable keywords to the default list and associate these with certain age groups. Keyword rules that you add, override a rule that might be associated with a matching keyword in the default list. You can either look up existing keywords or specify new keywords to associate with certain age groups.
Allowing Web sites
If you are an Administrator, you can allow all users to access a particular Web site, overriding any default settings and blocked Web sites.
Allowing Web sites to set cookies
If you block all Web sites from reading the cookies they set on your computer or configure certain users to receive a message prompt before cookies are accepted, and then find that certain Web sites do not function properly, you can allow those sites to read their cookies.
Blocking potentially inappropriate Web images
Protect your family members by blocking potentially inappropriate images from appearing when browsing the Internet. Images are blocked for all users except members of the adult age group.
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