How Do I Use the Online Parental Control?
The Online Parental Control feature enables you to monitor and control, even when you are not at home, the websites visited, the applications used, and the people contacted by your child over the Internet.
By logging in to your BitDefender account, you can access this online Parental Control capability.
To use this feature, you will first have to install BitDefender Internet Security or Total Security on the computer that your children will use.
Second, you will have to enable Parental Control for each user who has a Windows account on the computer.
Once this done, you will be able to see the list of users for which Parental Control is enabled on http://myaccount.bitdefender.com, in the Parental Control section.
- To enable the Online Parental Control, access the Security tab from the Intermediate View and click the Parental Control quick task.
- Turn on the Remote Parental control and access the Go To My Account link.
- You can of course access this feature by going directly on the Parental Control section from your BitDefender account, as indicated here.
- Insert your MyAccount credentials and you will be able to access the Parental Control Dashboard.
- You will be able to see the list of users for which Parental Control is enabled on http://myaccount.bitdefender.com, in the Parental Control section.
- You will see listed the Windows user accounts created.
- By accessing the Settings tab, you will be able to check, for each account, the Internet Access Settings, the blocked websites, the blocked applications and the blocked contacts.
- The recent activity tab will indicate the most accessed and blocked websites, applications, instant messaging contacts.