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iShield Plus® is an complete Parental Control solution for protection against computer based pornography and illegal web content. iShield Plus allows you to control Internet surfing times and determine which software applications are OK to run.
iShield Plus also monitors Internet Communications and safeguards personal information. Incident Reports document potential problems for your review.
iShield Plus is designed for ease of use and can be set up for individual members of the family with minimal fuss.
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Problems Addressed
The internet is a fantastic resource for both children and adults alike. The wealth of educational materials, games and information sites can really help a child in their development. Unfortunately it can also be a place in which children and adults can also come across inappropriate and undesirable images and chat, just as they do in everyday life. Ask yourself, "do you really know what your family are seeing and doing on the internet?"
- Grooming
- Pornography
- Gambling
- Hacking
- Abuse
- Gaming
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- Cyber bullying
- Racism
- Drugs
- Propaganda
- Suicidal references
- Negative influences
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Benefits
iShield Plus has the following advantages:
- Comprehensive Pornography Detection
- Monitors Internet Chat and IM
- Monitors Application Usage
- Disk Drive Scanning
- Customizable Protection Modes
- Detailed Productivity Reports
- Create Internet Use Time Restrictions
- Multiple PC User License
- Email alerts keep you informed
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Comprehensive Pornography Detection
iShield Plus® monitors your PC for pornography, from all sources such as emails, USB drives, CDs, DVDs and downloaded image files. Its innovative image processing neural network based engine extracts information relating to skin tone, texture, edges, limbs, and faces from the image to decide if the image is potentially pornographic.
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Monitoring Communications
iShield Plus provides notification of potential grooming or bullying by monitoring user input as well as the contents of chat, Instant Messaging communications and MS Office files. iShield Plus comes with a sizable database of phrases that are indicative of potentially harmful activities. You can add your own phrases to this database and so customize the protection.
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Safe and Productive Internet and Application Usage
You can define the surfing hours during which the PC can connect to the Internet. You can also limit access to certain applications. iShield Plus provides productivity reports showing the amount of time different users have spent on each application. This allows you to ensure that the PC is being used productively.
To protect any sensitive information you might have from being stolen by malicious software or being inappropriately distributed by users, iShield Plus provides a personal information protection feature. To use this feature, specify the information you wish to protect (phone numbers, credit card details) and iShield Plus will then block that information from being transmitted onto the Internet.
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Disk Drive Scanning
iShield Plus's scan drive feature analyzes all files in your PC and provides you with a report of any potentially pornographic images or videos that are present. All suspect files can be deleted with a single mouse click, thereby ensuring that your PC is free of inappropriate material.
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Incident Reports
iShield Plus keeps detailed records of each incident detected on your computer. iShield Plus retains and presents these records in an easy to use Incident Viewer. iShield Plus can be configured to send an email whenever such an incidence occurs allowing you to monitor your PC even when you are away from home.
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iShield Plus® takes a unique approach to identifying potentially offensive Internet images and preventing them from being displayed while you surf the Internet. iShield Plus® uses a few processes to protect you before any image is displayed on your PC.
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Advanced Image Analysis
iShield Plus® captures the active window at regular intervals and extracts the images and text to analyze. Digital image processing determines if an image is potentially pornographic. Our innovative technology analyzes images with Skin Tone Detection, Texture Detection, Edge Detection, Mass Detection, Limb Detection, Face Detection.
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Decision Process
Neural network technology uses the results of the image analysis and the text on the screen to decide if an image is offensive.
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Image Blocking
iShield Plus® records suspected images and triggers your selected action, to warn or stop user from viewing pornography.
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Text Analysis
iShield Plus®’s text analysis process uses a classifier that was developed using the Bayesian Network algorithm and implemented in iShield Plus® as a method of recognizing words/phrases considered in the context of other words/phrases. This analyzing technique is more accurate compared to the common simplistic keyword approach implemented in most filters and it supports Arabic, Thai, Russian, French and German.
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Webpage Analysis
iShield Plus® scans the metadata and examines text in the Title, Keywords and Description field of a webpage header. It checks the website’s internet rating labels from reputable content rating body such as RSACi, SafeSurf and PICS amongst others and does an analysis of text, images, links and structure of any visited websites.
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Download the free, 14-day full version of Guardware's iShield Plus software today. Before downloading, please read the following installation notes and system requirements.

iShield Plus Version 3.2.2.3 |
iShield Plus® Installation notes
- Remember the folder where you download the iShield Plus® Installer file. Example c:\ISPSetup.exe
- Once saved to your hard drive, double-click the iShield Plus® Installer file ISPSetup.exe.
- Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation.
If you have another iShield® software version installed on your system, you may be prompted to uninstall this version.
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Browsers
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
- Netscape 7.1 or higher
- Mozilla 1.4 or higher
- Firefox 1.0 or higher
- SeaMonkey 1.0 or higher
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Platforms
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
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Hardware
- Pentium 500 MHz
- 256 MB RAM
- 50 MB Hard Disk Space
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