Boulder-based Webroot Software Inc., known for its anti-spyware program Spy Sweeper, is bringing back a product to help parents limit where and how long their children go online.
Child Safe joins Web filtering programs like Net Nanny, CYBERsitter and ContentProtect in the parental-control arena. The program is listed for $39.95 for a one-year subscription for use on up to three computers.
One of Webroot’s early products was a similar program, but it was discontinued because demand at the time wasn’t heavy. Amid concerns of online predators finding teens through social networking sites or chat rooms, the time is right to bring it out again, CEO David Moll said.
Child Safe allows parents to create profiles for each computer user, and then set what sites or types of sites each profile can visit and when. It also reports on computer users’ activity.
The goal was to make a program a child couldn’t disable but that was still easy to use.
“It’s not for the savvy Internet user. It’s a product for the savvy Internet user’s parents,” Webroot Chief Operating Officer Mike Irwin said.
Best Buy Co. is partnering with Webroot to sell Child Safe.
