Can anyone help with McAfee SecurityCenter?

[dgehan]

Is there any way to universally block a website without setting up profiles and passwords for everyone in my family? We'd rather not have to log on/ log off every time we use the computer.

Are there any shortcuts here? Thanks.

[Buck]

Does your router have the ability to do any filtering? I have a NetGear router that allows me to add keyword filtering to block certain websites (myspace, facebook, etc.) which is handy in a business application.

[dgehan]

Verizon replaced my Cisco router with one of their own when they became my ISP. Not sure how much tweaking I can do with it.

Thanks for your feedback.

[Buck]

You could always add a new router/gateway to the network right after their router, and use that to create rules/block sites, etc.

[johnfl68]

Also a possibility to look into if you can't filter at the router, if you can change your router, or your computer to use OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com), I believe they still offer free filtering if you use their DNS (I switched long ago after problems with embarqs dns servers being down often). You should be able to do this at the router, or the computer (if you can't change the DNS servers on your router).

You just need to register for a free home account, and then add your network to the console (then have both windows and mac applications if you have a dynamic IP to update them). Then you can set content filtering and sites to block as you see fit for your IP.

John

[kitchin]

Sounds like a job for the HOSTS file, if you are running MS Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
You can just add this line:

127.0.0.1 example.com

Or download a big list from here:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

[kitchin]

Also, Firefox's web browser has an add-on, if you just want to block it from Firefox:
BlockSite (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145)

[dgehan]

Thanks to all who have offered their thoughts. While I trust these solutions would work, I'm looking for something a little less complicated/time consuming if possible.

After doing a bit more digging, I've noticed that the McAfee program uses the Windows settings we've assigned to our computer. There's only one "user," and everyone in the house uses this setting. Does this make it any easier, or am I left with the same options?

Thanks again for your interest.

[dgehan]

The Firefox add-on seems to do the trick. It's what we use for our browsing, so it makes sense.

Thanks!