Some sites taking advantage of kids

[Mint]

There are some really low down sites out there.

My grandson is wanting to play games and I have some bookmarked for
him.

Then he finds some other sites based on a book he bought for himself.

The site ask for the parents email and tries to download crap that
installs all kinds
of unrelated programs as well.

I told him this. "If it ask for an email address, then go play the
other games that don't ask for an email address.

Any good advice?

Have a great day,
Andy

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[BillyBob]

There are some really low down sites out there.

No way !!! Are you surprised ?

My grandson is wanting to play games and I have some bookmarked for
him.

Then he finds some other sites based on a book he bought for himself.

The site ask for the parents email and tries to download crap that
installs all kinds
of unrelated programs as well.

Yeah...the sites are smart. Kids will give any and all information asked of
them and install any and all sh!t downloaded.

I told him this. "If it ask for an email address, then go play the
other games that don't ask for an email address.

Well, with that stern reprimand I know I wouldn't do it anymore. I mean
just because you'll now receive more spam than you could ever imagine...

Any good advice?

Look into Net Nanny http://www.netnanny.com/

By the way, how old is your grandson, 21 ?

 

[mm]

There are some really low down sites out there.

My grandson is wanting to play games and I have some bookmarked for
him.

Then he finds some other sites based on a book he bought for himself.

The site ask for the parents email and tries to download crap that
installs all kinds
of unrelated programs as well.

I told him this. "If it ask for an email address, then go play the
other games that don't ask for an email address.

Any good advice?

Get a bunch of his friend's fathers and teach the kids baseball.

Or you can hike in the woods, just you and he.

 

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[Mint]

No way !!!  Are you surprised ?




Yeah...the sites are smart.  Kids will give any and all information asked of
them and install any and all sh!t downloaded.


Well, with that stern reprimand I know I wouldn't do it anymore.  I mean
just because you'll now receive more spam than you could ever imagine...

I have 2 emails, one is used for "catching flies."

Andy

P.S. Try to stay positive, it's not that hard.

 

[Mint]

Hello Andy  

You may find this site of interest.http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/Parents/

Pop back and say what you think of it!

Dave (another granddad!)

Thanks Dave.

I greatly limit my grandson's and his friends online time.

I want them to concentrate on learning how to build meaningful
relationships with others.

Take care,
Andy

 

[xfile]

I want them to concentrate on learning how to build meaningful

relationships with others.

Some online games could also help to build meaningful relationships.

A few months ago, I was dragged by my wife and friends to a well-known
social networking site to play their online farming and cooking games, and
through those games, I could also keep contact with friends who are living
in other countries and co-op some events. I don't have time to play those
games now, but maybe will go back soon

In any case, we are cautious about who may see our status updates (so other
friends will not feel irritated) or whom can be added to my friend list. In
other words, standard online safety education should be given to kids before
playing those games.

Good luck.

 

[Arthur Shapiro]

Aren't non-administrative accounts restricted from installing programs? It
would seem a reasonable solution.

Art

 

[Tim Meddick]

Arthur, I've not read the rest of this thread, so I'm sticking my neck out
a bit here....

You saying that non-administrative accounts should be restricted from
installing programs, and for the most part they are!

That is because 99% of installations follow the standard protocol of
installing the major part of their operational files to the %ProgramFiles%
folder.

However, some software developers are only too aware that users with
limited accounts often want to install software on the machines they're on.

Such programs get round the difficulty of needing Admin rights to modify
the contents of the %ProgramFiles% folder PLUS the equally problematic need
for Admin rights to write to certain parts of the registry. How they do it
is by installing to a folder within the %USERPROFILE% folder (where a
limited user has "full access") and changing where in the registry they
write their settings to... (for instance, instead of needing Admin rights
to access HKCR\....\etc., equally effective is to write instead to
HKU\Software\Classes\.....\etc.,).

In this way, certain program installations CAN be setup by a limited user,
in the way described here.

(An example of such a program that use these techniques is the "torrent"
download app "VUZE" which can be installed without logging on as Admin or
using any form of "runas" command).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Mint]

Aren't non-administrative accounts restricted from installing programs?  It
would seem a reasonable solution.

Art

Art,

You can install programs as a limited user by using RunAs and
supplying the admin password.

That's a little technical for my 7 yr. old grandson, so I am not
worried.

For safety's sake, I never go online when logged in as an Admin.

I used to use devcon to actually turn off the Ethernet connection, but
found it was a tad bit of overkill.

Have a great week,
Andy

 

[BillyBob]

No way !!! Are you surprised ?




Yeah...the sites are smart. Kids will give any and all information asked
of
them and install any and all sh!t downloaded.


Well, with that stern reprimand I know I wouldn't do it anymore. I mean
just because you'll now receive more spam than you could ever imagine...

I have 2 emails, one is used for "catching flies."

P.S. Try to stay positive, it's not that hard.

Oh, I am very positive....realistically positive. By the way, hopefully you
aren't naive enough to think that your grandson doesn't know BOTH of your
email addresses.

BB

 

[Mint]

On Nov 22, 8:15 pm, "BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote:

Oh, I am very positive....realistically positive.  By the way, hopefully you
aren't naive enough to think that your grandson doesn't know BOTH of your
email addresses.

BB

Another negative statement BB.