Reviewer, 2008-09-01 08:36:00

Every entity in this world has two facets, and Instant Messengers (IMs) aren’t an exception to this. These IMs are very tempting to a whole generation of users, as at times they waste a lot of time chatting with their friends, and acquaintances. This is an alarming situation for the parents, and they usually try their best to stop their kids from wasting time in chatting. Now, be a responsible guardian and delegate all your responsibilities to Messenger Blocker 1.0. The program is capable of blocking the chat messengers, and even helps in keeping record of the internet activities, and the applications used. It provides you with the periodical notifications, and also features to display personalized notification to the user. Using the application, you can effectively keep an eye over the activities of your kids over the web.

By using the Messenger Blocker 1.0 you can get control over the internet surfing and chatting activities of your kids so that they can concentrate on their studies. The program displays a bunch of applications on its screen and all you need to do is check the desired ones to apply the configurations. The list includes different application like AOL Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Miranda IM, Odigo, etc. Selecting the applications you can add them to the list, and even apply the changes if you made any. At the top of the screen you’re provided the features to work with. You can easily make the modifications to ‘Block Settings’ to set the restrictions for the specified users. It also consists of Scheduler, Reports and Options. You can easily select the user account, block chat, and view the reports that provide you the details relating to application usage, web usage, and breaking rules attempts. You can even set the program to send the log reports by email it to specific address. The ‘Options’ can be changed as per your preferences to make the program work accordingly.

The Messenger Blocker 1.0 can be used to diligently track your child’s internet activities, and holds great value for parents. The rating point of 3.5 is assigned to the software, for its effective chat blocking function, and it convenient range of options.