   Sensorship
  Hey guys,My parents are worried that my little brother (11 yrs old) is snooping around on some dirty & racist web sites.  He''s being smart enough to cover his tracks and clearing the broswer (IE) history.  My mom said she came into the study and thought she saw a *hate symbol* displayed on a website he was looking at before he quickly changed the screen.  Plus ever since we started allowing him to have ready access to the internet we''re getting a *ton* of more porn spam than ever before.I know a bunch of you guys are sensitive about sensorship and that people have rights to their privacy, blah blah blah.  This is a little kid and I was just wondering if anybody knew if there was a quick-and-easy way to see a log of all the sites the browser has processed.  Any (positive) feedback is most welcome!  Thanks! (And yes, we''ve *already* talked to him and he''s assured us that our concerns are not warranted, so for all you guys that were just about to recommend we sit down and have a family talk with him....gotchya!) 
  simple but dirty way to get him caught... KEYLOGGER KEYLOGGER!!!    ;  Ya, a keylogger will work perfectly. Unless of course he is an ubergeek/dork and he can detect the presence of a keylogger ;  Uhm...sounds like its time for a talk with him?Or maybe take away his internet usage...i mean...its OBVIOUS that he's going to sites that aren't appropriate for him...and the clearing of the history is a sure sign of guilt. time to execute! i mean..er..punish!EDIT: Talk won't work eh? why not? just give him the evidence and say, are you that idiotic (or replace with more softer adjective)? Its obvious you've been going to inappropriate sites [edited by - Cipher3D on February 1, 2004 11:51:44 PM];  Well, I never do anything that i don''t want people to know bout on my computer *cough*... but I clear out my temp files and browser history/cookies etc... run botchecks and antivirus and several keylogger detectors.. and i always physically inspect my computer for hardware keyloggers before i use it... No, im not paranoid ;  Well as far as the whole hate symbol thing goes... its possible hes got a report on nazis... i doubt an 11 year old has decided he hates Jewish people... (im of course making the assumption that it was a swastica) also, the swastica is a symbol of good luck in almost every other religion, indian culture, buddhism, all that, as far as the porn goes... 11 may be a little early... but i know someone who started in the 3rd grade... so its not terrible... tell him its ok, but not ok to get addicted, and he should be fine...take a bit of the thrill out of it yah know?  my two cents-Dan ;  Simple solution that works 99% of the time:  Pretend to have run a keylogger and tell him that you have proof of what he's been doing (assuming you're reasonably sure).Although (I'm 14 now, so I might have similar motives) I make a point of not having my browser store history because I really don't need people nosing into my stuff (not like they don't know already).  It's also easy to get to a "bad" site unintentionally and then act guilty about it afterwards.   EDIT: Not saying that's a good idea though.  I think my parents suspect that I'm looking at porn, which is fine... except for the fact that I'm not.  Oh well.  [edited by - cOWsaReNotEVil on February 1, 2004 12:00:47 AM];  first way, install this and set a password he does not know, enable the cookies, and internet history, then turn it on while he is using the computer,without the password he will NOT be able to cover his tracks unless he manages to crack the password or finds a way to disable the security. (doubtfull, he would have to be a pretty good hacker, and judging from what you say he seems to only have basic knowledge)if you have another computer that you can connect to his on, you cant go wrong with back oriface , it will let you spy on his screen and even take control of his input from the remote computer, open up notepad as soon as he does something wrong and type him a message, show him who's the smarter one. also, as already mentioned, a keylogger works great, there are also some programs (dont know the name of one offhand) that take screenshots every x seconds and store them. also, deleting the IE history doesnt totally cover his tracks. in the IE cookies folder and temorary internet files folders there are files from those sites used to track visitors from that site, and images stored so they dont have to be re-downloaded every time, all nicely stamped with his username that he logged into the computer as, then a @ symbol and the website it came from.  [edited by - Raptor85 on February 1, 2004 12:08:50 AM];quote:also, deleting the IE history doesnt totally cover his tracks. in the IE cookies folder and temorary internet files folders there are files from those sites used to track visitors from that site, and images stored so they dont have to be re-downloaded every time, all nicely stamped with his username that he logged into the computer as, then a @ symbol and the website it came from. Clearing (or disabling) the cache empties that.   ;  but it only appears gone, there are very easy ways to retrieve them make sure you check out the foolproof security link i gave, enable the history and cache and with foolproof running he will not be able to cover his tracks anymore.    ___________________-Nicholas Anton-raptor85.siigna.net