The Web Content Filter allows the computer supervisor to prevent other computer users from viewing inappropriate web content on the Internet. This is achieved by applying content filters (kids filter, teens filter, employees filter, etc.).
The supervisor can either apply different types of default filters, or create new customized filters. In addition, the Web content filter will also allow you to set a list of web pages to which other computer users will (or will not) be allowed to access, regardless of the filter that was applied to them (white lists and black lists).
The Web content filter is based on Cobion AG’s and Panda Software’s technologies, and it works as follows:
1. When users attempt to access a website address, Platinum Internet Security sends this address to Cobion’s database, in order to find out the content category it belongs to.
2. The central server replies in about 200 milliseconds, with the content category corresponding to the URL.
3. Platinum Internet Security checks if this category should be filtered, depending on the configuration established by the computer supervisor. If the category is to be filtered the requested web page will not be displayed. It is important to note that when the computer supervisor is browsing the Internet, no filtering will be applied.