Internet Safety Online Resources

Where to get expert help

6 Seconds is a fabulous source for Emotional Intelligence information and resources.
American Library Association has a listing of additional links for parents about safe surfing online resources.
Children Now Children Now is an independent, nonpartisan research and action organization dedicated to assuring that children grow up in economically secure families, where parents can go to work confident that their children are supported by quality health coverage, a positive media environment, a good early education and safe, productive things to do after school.
Cyberangels was formed in 1995 to do one thing, to help people who need help online. Whether you're being cyber-stalked, harassed or defrauded, find child pornography or cyberpredators.
McGruff Internet Safety website has information, suggestions, freebies for kids, etc.
Report incidents of online child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children monitors incidences of online child pornography. Call them at: (800) 843-5678.
Report incidents of electronic harassment and cyberstalking to: safetyed@safetyed.org
Report incidents of internet scams and consumer child exploitation to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Phone: 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357)
FTC Spam Report e-mail address (uce@ftc.gov)
Spam Cop - An easy way to complain to a spammer's service provider
The Guidance ChannelÂ®is an educational publishing and media company whose mission is to provide children, students, parents, adults and professionals with timely and effective tools that help them or their clients make critical life choices.

Federal Bureau of Investigation for Kids

TRUTH! or FICTION Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are true or not.

Filtering

Family Education Network Visit this site to learn more about blocking, filtering, and monitoring and tracking software.

Chat Rooms Online Resources

Information

Internet Safety by KidsHealth, the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children

Safe surfing with Doug by Disney International, Inc.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children monitors the incidence of online child pornography. Call them at: (800) 843-5678

American Library Association has a listing of additional links for parents about safe surfing online resources.

Spam

Be sure to learn how to filter/block spam on the desktop using your email program. More info.

PreVIEW your messages and process them before download

If you are finding it hard to get removed from mailing lists or are tired of getting junk email from unknown sources? You can make spammers think you no longer exist by bouncing back their email so it looks like your address has been closed. MailWasher (we use this)

SpamBuster compares the email message, header information, sender, and size to the spam settings you've defined to see if the message is spam. Then Spam Buster even checks the sender against a blacklist of known spammers. Spam Buster requires a POP3 email account such as provided from a local internet service provider and does not support proprietary email such as AOL

SpamKiller can filter any number of e-mail accounts for you. It's designed to be as unobtrusive as possible, so most of the time you won't even remember that it's there. The program comes with a large number of preset filters. These aren't just a list of e-mail addresses, but are based on careful analysis of tens of thousands of spams.

MailShell offers a free 30-day trial. $29.95 per year. Use unlimited email addresses.

Protect your PC from Hackers & Viruses

With the recent attacks from the Red Code viruses, there have been tremendous increase in attempts on personal computers. Sometimes, the attacks come from within when you download software and it communicates with an outside source. Protect yourself by installing a personal firewall. ZoneAlarm Pro provides world-class protection against Internet-borne threats like worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. http://www.zonelabs.com/

Scan your PC for viruses and get continuous virus protection 24 hours, 7 days a week â€” whether you're connected to the Internet or not. If a virus is found, you can fix or delete the infected file. See McAfee.com

Hackers comb the Internet looking for vulnerable computers, in some cases trying to steal credit-card numbers and personal information. Home firewall software such asâ€¦ ZoneAlarm Pro can fend off these attacks

Got a Website? Protect it...

Webmasters, protect your email address from being leeched from your website by converting it to unicode. Most automated email leeching programs look for MAILTO tags and properly formatted email addresses. By converting your email address to unicode, these programs aren't able to detect your email address. See an online utility.

Terror Survival Guide!
Terror is more than attacks by radicals. Terror is felt from mother nature's hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and other natural and man made disasters. Be prepared - see the Terror Survival Guide!

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