[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Thanks FREE (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/2/2005 12:31:58 PM EDT
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Ok here is the story.. I found some porn websites in my history on IE. This is not that big of a issue as I brouse them every now and again  Well this morning I found that the volume was turned down on the modem along with 7 porn sites that I have never been to(and neither has the wife). I think my son(13) has been on the computer while I was sleeping, which would not be a problem except he has done this in the past, and that is why he has no internet. I understand he is 13 and wants to look a naked chicks, but before I accuse him again I need to know if there is a log to tell me the time my computer has been on, as I turn the computer off every night and the porn surfing in question happened at 0245 AM. I need to make sure before I will ask him anything. Thanks FREE |
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Just do something like this  Make a text file that says something like I KNOW YOUR LOOKING AT PORN!$!  Save it to the desktop. then goto start>run> and punch in win.ini under load= or run= put in C:\windows\desktop\NameOfTextFileHere.txt if something is already in run or load just pop in a comma and a space and put it there .. i believe It will pop up after windows loads in  Dunno if this would work with XP.. |
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You need a key logger. www.mikkotech.com/keykey.html The trial for this program is not hidden. Given that he does not hide his porn surfing trail, he may not even notice the key logger running. You may be able to catch the bugger before the trial expires and save $30 bucks. Good luck. |
| If the time that the websites were visited where when you were asleep, and no one else is in the house, that's all the proof you need. You can set content settings with a password, or set your computer to be passworded (if its win XP make sure you have an admin, and user password, because if you dont set an admin password, it's still VERY easy to get into). If you have any version of windows other than XP, you need to set a password from the BIOS, as all you have to do is hit ESC to get past the password of older windows versions without using an OEM program. |
Walk by his room and say, "You really need to learn how to get rid of evidence! You didn't even delete the history files on the sites you visited!" I bet you his eyes will bug out with that "Oh crap!" look.
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I think it would be better to change the IE shortcut destination to a notepad file and do just what you said! That would be great, or even if you use a separate modem shortcut to log on, set it to bring up a document that says "I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT NAKED PEOPLE!" |
Hm, is there more than one page on each site in the history? Usually spyware would just bring up one, but if there are different pages within the same site, then most likely it was surfed, and not just the computer doing it. |
+1,000 Especially since he is hitting puberty. You need to know about everything he is doing online. Perfect Keylogger Buy the full version. I own it and highly recommend it. It will tell you everything you need to know. |
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I had that problem with my step son. I tried several things to correct this behavior, which kept recurring. A BIOS password didn't correct the behavior except on that particular computer. So I bought some software that monitors internet sites. The first time I caught him. I confronted him privately. And warned him that if he did it again I would inform his mother, and show her the pictures he looked at. Sure enough, he tried it again, I then had a second confrontation, and showed the Mother, with the boy present. Needless to say, the mother reamed the kid a new asshole and took away all of the kids Sony Playstation Games, and Computer Games (this was very painful) for him. I also had the kid sit through a sermon by our pastor on WHY watching Porn is addictive and can destroy families, and corrupt people. And I warned the kid that next time I would set up an appointment for him with his youth pastor for counseling. I also talked about the legality of him watching Porn, and the illegality of some types of porn. I also told him that I would tell his Grandmother, and show her any pictures he looked at. But the power of porn over a teenager with raging hormones was just too strong. And sure enough the kid too dumb to learn from his experience, tried it again. Another confrontation ensued, this time with the kid's Grandparents. In addition to a repeat of past punishment, the kid was incredibly embarrassed and shamed. We then displayed some mercy on him and told him if he was a really good boy we wouldn't tell his youth pastor. To the best of my knowledge the kid stopped his behavior. My experience with teenagers, is that they will keep testing, and repeatiing a set of behavior that brings about undesirable punishment, even though they know what form of punishment such behavior will incur. And they will tolerate the punishment only stopping once they have reached their threshold. Typical teenage behavior is that they ignore advice from their parents but listen to their peers. If you are careful about who your kid associates with after school, it will go a long way in ensuring correct behavior. It is during the teenage years that children are forming their own set of morality and code of ethics, as they form their own personality, and self image. |
On an external dial up modem, or some internals it plays what the modem "hears" during the dial up phase so you can hear if the modem is dialing, connecting etc, if you turn down the volume on the modem no-one can hear if you are dialing up the internet. 
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It means he still uses dial-up and someone turned down the volume so that he doesn't hear the squeak-squonk-squeak noises a dial-up modem makes when it negotiates a connection. |
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Some of you guys are a little too porn paranoid.....I guess if it was really deviant stuff I would be concerned, but hell, part of being a teenager is looking at naked womenz. FREE, kick his ass for trying to be deceitful, but explain to him the birds and bees business so he learns from the right source. |
Get Norton Internet Security (can find on ebay for < $20) and it will allow you to set security levels for websites, age, privacy, etc. Each user has to log into thier settings for it and you can have it default to any level when the PC starts, right down to NO access at all. Works great to protect my kids from getting where they are not suppossed to be, either intentionally or accidentally.
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Dont go to hard on him FREE. He is your child , and I respect that, but at his age I a sure he has a ton of questions, just real embaressed to ask them. Think back to when you was his age. I can also see the point sneaking around on the internet, that can be a dangerous thing to do for a youngster. This could be a good chance for a good father/son sit down talk. Heck, buy him a porn mag, playboy aint all that hard core. Good luck. |
WOW I guess I am so many years removed from Hayes/POTS modems I didn't even think of that I was thinking DSL modem / cable modem So.. I stand corrected. |
Damn dude. The idea is to punish the kid, not kill granny from shock. Your family might be different, but when The Neutral Observer imagines showing porn to his wife or mother/in-laws...that wouldn't go over well with them. The Neutral Observer can't even imagine how badly that scenario would go...when he tries to picture it, he comes up with a black cloud of pure "bad". |
+1, and lose the computer and get a laptop and a gunsafe to put it in if you don't have one, the ultimate in controlling computer access . I wish I had internet when I was 13
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Cool deal..... |
+1 on the playboy thing. Tell him you'll get him a new one every now and then... theres shit he'd find out there that would even send a shiver down my spine  .JIM |
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Leave some lub next to the moniter and check to see if any of it is missing the next day. Or hell, just buy him a porno and explain it to him. Watch it with him and make him feel as awkward as possible so that the next time he thinks of doing it he will think twice. |
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Free; Good on him for trying...I would not give two hoots in Hell for a kid without the gumption to try...and Good on YOU for not allowing this...because parents have to be parents...and it is obvious you are a good one. This is the way of the world, but you should never allow him to believe he can actually get away with it! Welcome to parenthood...again!
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