Protect your Children online with Free Angel

Internet is a powerful tool for communication and freedom. The Internet provides access to a global base of information and communicate virtually in various ways, including by electronic mail, instant messaging, living room or newsgroup, or blogging.

This wealth has a downside: the Internet also provides access to content that may be harmful to your child (violence, pornography, etc.) and / or contrary to French law (incitement to racial hatred, glorification of drugs, etc.).

Ranked number one in tests by Action Innocence, FreeAngel is a parental control software available for free.

Two filtering rules can be defined according to the age of your children (child or adolescent) to define a list of websites where they can go, the software they can run, etc.. A review of slots allow you to define schedules connections of your children and the use of software using the Internet (Live Messenger, online games, Emule, etc).

To prevent your child to communicate his name, address or phone number, a filter of personal data is integrated. With this file practice, learn to install and configure FreeAngel out to effectively protect your children online.

Download and install FreeAngel:

FreeAngel is a free parental control software that you can download from here.

1. Click the Save button. Choose where to save the installation file and click Save FreeAngel.
   
2. Once the download is complete, click the Run button. Confirm the launch Setup FreeAgent again by clicking Run.
   
3. The installation wizard opens FreeAgent. Click the Next button.
   
4. Click four times on the Next button and then click the Install button.
   
5. Once finished copying files, click the Finish button.

Create user accounts:

When you first launch FreeAngel, you must create an administrator account. This account will allow you to protect the software configuration (to prevent your children can modify) and to define the filtering rules. You can then create accounts for each of your children.

1. Enter your name, your name and then set a password and repeat. Then click OK.
   
2. If the software asks you, close your browser and click Retry.
   
3. Parental control is active. Sign in selecting the ADMIN account and entering the password you defined earlier. Click the OK button.
   
4. In the window that opens, check the boxes started with Windows and automatically reduce to activate the parental control from the Windows startup.
   
5. In the General section, click on Edit Profile.
   
6. Two types of profiles are: Children and Adolescents. Select Profile Child.
   
7. Check the boxes so before the items you want to control: Limiting hours connections Enable applications crashing, Block downloading files and Restrict access to the white list for example.
   
8. Then select the profile and set the teenager also items to be checked.
   
9. Then click the OK button to apply changes.
   
10. Then click on the Design menu identity.
    
11. Select the type of profile you want to assign to the account you are creating, for example Child.
    
12. Then enter the name and the name of your child and assign a password.
    
13. You can then type in the Keywords field a list of additional keywords to filter.
    
14. Then enter the phone number and email address of your child. In this way, it captures information on the Internet, they are automatically blocked.
    
15. Then click the Add button and then click OK.
    
16. Repeat to create an account for each of your children.

Check slots:

You can set the times when your children can access the Internet. These slots can be configured according to the two types of profiles: Children and Adolescents.

1. In the Administration window FreeAngel, click Control slots of the management section of activity.
   
2. Then select the type of profile to configure, for example Child.
   
3. Then click in the green boxes (authorized connection) where you want the connection is blocked. The cells then pass into red (Unauthorized connection).
   
4. Then click the OK button and then configure the same way Profile teenager.

Blocking certain software:

When the parental control is activated, you can block the use of certain games and software. You just have to declare them in the administration interface FreeAngel.

1. In the configuration window FreeAngel, click the lock applications.
   
2. Click the Add button.
   
3. Select your hard drive the file executable software to block msnmsgr.exe in the folder C: / program files / windows live / messenger for Windows Live Messenger for example. Then click the Open button.
   
4. Repeat for other software and games to hang.
   
5. The software will then be declared blocked and can not be launched

Filter visited sites :

By default, the profile allows access only child to a white list of sites, that is to say that sites can not offend the sensibilities of younger. You can ask to add some sites.

Similarly, the blacklist reference sites banned, whatever the type of profile used. You can add sites to this list.

1. In the administration window of the software, click the White List.
   
2. Enter your name and your name and your email address.
   
3. Enter the URL of the site you want to add to the whitelist.
   
4. Then use the comment field for entering your remarks on the interest of adding the site to the whitelist.
   
5. Then click the Submit button to send your proposal to the authors of FreeAngel. After careful consideration, the site will be added to the whitelist.

Switching between Accounts:

FreeAngel is executed when Windows starts. Your children must identify themselves in order to load the parental control settings appropriate for them. To regain full use of your computer, you should close the parental controls by using your administrator password.

1. Click the right mouse button on the icon FreeAngel in the notification area to the left of the clock and select the View.
   
2. The login window displays of parental control. Scroll Identity and select the account name to load.
   
3. Then enter your password and then click OK.
   
4. Your child can then use the computer, depending on the settings that you previously defined. Minimize the identification window by clicking on the - sign.
   
5. Once the session has ended, or when another child want to connect, click the right mouse button on the icon FreeAngel in the notification area to the left of the clock and select the View.
   
6. Then click the Sign Out button. You can then login with another account.
   
7. When you want to regain control of your computer and complete parental control, display the login window (right click the program icon in the notification area and click on Display).
   
8. Then click the Cancel button.
   
9. Then enter the password for your administrator account FreeAngel then click the OK button.
   
10. Parental controls are disabled. Click OK.
    
11. You can then use your computer normally. To turn the parental control, restart your computer or run FreeAgent clicking its shortcut in the Start menu.