porn and filtering

[Benjamin]

Ughhh, my brother is always looking at porn, and I just found a few executables with the names similar to "hardcoremovies.exe" in the recycle bin, and an entry in my program files menu called "sizlerdialer"

I don't know if it's a virus or not......

and if it is that ******* is going to pay...

is there any good free software that can lock people out of certain sites if they don't have a password?


the key word here is free.....


Thanks,
Dennis

I should think you could build a site checker by looking at
the links from each potential page. Since almost all of
these sites cross link, my guess would be you could cut out
almost 98% of all porn with less than 100 link checks.

[PJB]

your best bet we be to hit your brother with a sock full of quarters when he's not looking
don't know of any good filtering software for free, i would go with the sock thing

[Benjamin]

I'll definatly try that... but it won't stop him....

[PJB]

probably not, but it'll be pretty damn funny

[Benjamin]

yea.... :D

[PJB]

Is there any possibility of narking on him and getting him in trouble? (after the sock full of quarters of course)

[Benjamin]

that doesn't bother him... he's been caught plenty of times....
and when I try to tell him to stop, he denies looking at it....

I wouldn't mind so much, but downloading *.exe's can really hurt the computer, and possibly wipe out my "stash".. ;) j/k.. I don't look at porn...

[parksie]

For every entry you find in the history, add a corresponding entry in your HOSTS file, and set it to navigate to an invalid address.

[PJB]

and hit him with a sock full of quarters

[parksie]

How about a sock full of sovereigns?

Gives a whole new meaning to Royal Rumble(d).

[PJB]

that would work too

[HarryW]

A snooker ball (or billiard ball, or pool if you like) is a bit better (or worse depending which end of it you're on). Or if you have big feet, half a brick. Or if you're an elephant, a brieze block.

[Benjamin]

oh yeah.... I saw the billiard thing in a steven segal movie... he wrapped it in a hankercheif and knocked some guys teeth out with it...

[PJB]

wonder if there's any way to just block downloads, i did find some stuff at http://www.regedit.com that let's you block where it is saved to, but all in all whacking him in the head with a large, heavy object seems to be the best route

glad my brother lives in Texas now.(i'm in New York)

[tumblingdown]

Dennis, why don't you just not let him use your box?


td.

[Benjamin]

well, because it's not mine..... my dad paid for it.... :mad:

so I have to let everybody use it..... even tho I don't want to...... I have had to format my computer like twice because my dumbass brother, once because my mom, and once because my dad.....

and about 3 times because it just accumilated too much stuff.....

but they've screwed the computer up so many times it's starting to really piss me off.

and they never show me any gratitude for my work, they never even attempt it themselves....

the other day my brother needed a school project done... and he needed to type it up....

I was having a lovely time chatting with my friends, but out of nowhere, he just comes in from playing with his ****** friend, and says "is the printer installed?"

and I said "no"

then he asked me to install it, I said I didn't want to, but then my dad forced me too, and after I got it working, my brother kicked me off the computer.....

same thing with DSL....

I am the one that "Caused" us to get DSL, I kept bugging my dad until he said yes, so, if I wouldn't have been bugging, we wouldn't have gotten it.... but the day it was installed(the guy who came here from mindspring installed half, then he gave us the CD and I installed the other half)... I was on for five minutes then my brother kicks me off..... then I want on after him, then my dad wants on.. I wasn't able to use it the whole day....

:mad:

and whenever the computer table gets cluttered... it's my job to unhook the computer, and clean the desk off, because I am the one on it 90% of the time..... but it's odd..... 80% of the junk is not mine.... and I still have to clean it off.... while cleaning, I think I am going to be able to get on afterwards, but somebody usually makes me get off since "I spend so much time on it" they don't even thank me for cleaning it off....

they never thank me for calling tech support when something is really screwed up, they never thank me for fixing something myself, that is really screwed up, they never thanked me for making the connection faster(I used that rwin modifier thing that katie said to use)....

they thank me for other stuff I do, but when it comes to the computer, they just assume I would have done it for myself anyway, and don't bother.....


and, I am not allowed to change the color of the desktop, the screen resolution, the mouse cursor, put the taskbar on autohide, or anything...

currently I am using 800x600, but I would prefer 1024x768, I would rather have the desktop color a wierd aquamarine than this damn blue, I would rather have the mouse cursor be a real mouse cursor and not a dumb mouse(the animal, it came with the intellipoint software).... etc....

and sometimes they accidently open ICQ, and just leave it... they don't bother telling me, or trying to close it.. or answer the messages(this part I am grateful for, because some of the stuff I talk about... :eek: ;))...

but they just think I am there to fix the computer, and let them go on anytime they want...

one time I was working on a school project, and the time I needed to make it was about a week(spring break), but after being on the computer 3 hours I was kicked off by my brother....
I was only able to work on it 3 hours a day... it needed at least 6....

I couldn't finish the project, and got an F on it... :mad:


Ok, thats enough of my bitching.. I can't even remember what the original topic of this post was ;)

[parksie]

I get vicious if someone tries to kick me off - I just refuse.

Although if they ask nicely if they could use it I say 20mins or something.

But Dennis...that really sucks :mad:

[Benjamin]

thats not fair.. if I try to refuse, my dad says he'll stop paying my ISP....... :mad:

[parksie]

It only costs us £10 a year for internet access, so that doesn't really make much difference in my family :D

[Benjamin]

$50 a month here....

[zmerlinz]

i consider my self lucky here becasue we all have our own computers in our house, we are all on a LAN, but we didn't pay for them we built them oursleves, this saved some money adn that is why we can afford one each (btw there are 5 people in our house)

how old is your brother he sounds a dumb ass

[Benjamin]

what speed connection do you have?


and my brother is 15 years old, almost 16,

he is in the same grade as me, because he failed 6th grade..

[parksie]

We have two here, connected on a cheapernet LAN.

ha! My bro is kinda like that as well, only he likes looking at porn and taking all sorts of files from my computer (ranging from my documents to program I've downloaded) and it gets really annoying...Since we've got Wingate like program running I log he sites he goes to and block the dirty ones (and suprisingly he doesn't say anything about sites not working). And I wrote a little screen shot program that takes screen shots whenever the mouse moves so I know what he's been doing on my computer when I'm at school...its funny to see what he tries to do. And when that doesn't stop him, I use PGP and encrypt my entire folder before I leave the house

Sunny

[parksie]

I use Encrypted Magic Folders to protect my school work from random people messing everything up.

I'm lucky I don't have a brother who looks at porn. Oh...wait...I don't have a brother at all. Oh well :p

[zmerlinz]

Dennis - iam stuck with a shared 56K connectionto AOL we can't get anything faster in the fens

sunnyl, could i have a copy of your screenshot prog, i could have a use for that, my room mate has a tendancy to copy my work, btw what is PGP?

[parksie]

Pretty Good Privacy

http://www.pgp.org or .com or something... :rolleyes:

The guy who wrote it kind of got into "trouble" with the US government...because they told him not to export it...and he basically told them to f**k off... :D

Well I'm no encryption geek but PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a encryption program based on private/public keys and is supposed to be very secure.

Sure, I'll email it...but be warned! its in a bit of a mess!

Sunny

[zmerlinz]

cheers sunny my email is ice_warrior34@hotmail.com

Dennis - so your brither is dumb then

[Benjamin]

yes, a freaking idiot

[PJB]

I've got a board with a rusty nail in it that i whack people with if they touch my puter

[zmerlinz]

pjp is brilliant jst what i need, though a little complicated to use

[Benjamin]

PJB, could you give me some exact intructions on how to reproduce that board?

I've got some wh... hmm.. I have some people to h...

damn, I can't think of anyway to say what i want to say without sounding like a pervert...

:rolleyes:

[zmerlinz]

hi

jsut say it anyway and i might be able to help you, face it they will take the piss out of you anyway

[G.Kumaraguru]

Being a Programmer Yourself Why Not Remember that in the First Place ???

You can DO a Program That Runs hidden in the Back ground
that Prevents the Download of Images of the (Ahem..) xxx kind.

Let Him Get Confused for a While...

[parksie]

There is a program that checks pictures for flesh tones...don't know how good it is.

[Benjamin]

that sounds like a good idea G.

I might consider making one...

What should I do?

subclass IE, and check what is typed in the address bar, if it has the word sex, porn, etc.. should I keep IE from loading it?

Thats all I can think of right now

[G.Kumaraguru]

My Idea Would Be hooking up the Winsock dll to
allow you to control all the image downloading.

Prevent any Image that seems to be excessively large
I mean in the Range 100KB and up...

Check the file name if it contains some key words like
'sex' , 'x', 'free' etc.....If they occur, check back their
domain name if it contains anything in the list of key words. Then Replcae the Image with a Warning Image..

[Benjamin]

that would be pretty hard.... but if I complete it.... I could make a lot of money off of it :D

[Kc0bfv]

Well, Benjamin, this kinda made me lol.

It reminded me of those tv shows where girls say stuff like
"My best friend really likes you..."
when it's really them that's doin the liking.

Okay, on with the suggestion.
Step 1:
Get a camera

Step 2:
Figure out when your brother uses the computer

Step 3:
Check in periodically.

Step 4:
This should'a been in earlier, but make a program that slows the computer down a little.

Step 5:
Burst into the room and take a picture of him doing his one handed typing. Blackmail is always fun, or you could just show it to you parents.

Step 6:
Buy your own computer so you don't have to let anybody else use it, it's always nice to let them use it though.

[parksie]

Step 5:
Burst into the room and take a picture of him doing his one handed typing. Blackmail is always fun, or you could just show it to you parents.

I'll say it now...this is a GRAHAM NORTON FREE ZONE :D

It's a nice idea tho... ;)

[nukem996]

i dont like sensoring the net cause some good sites get sensored like art sites. so u should just lock him out the ur computer. o yea and tell him this "u sick little pervert the only reason u look at this sh*t is cause u cannt get any in real life."

[Benjamin]

could you please post that so it's not italic or bold?

all that appeared was a 4

[SteveCRM]

you could just get a program to take screenshots every minute or two...hehehe...just imagine his face when he finds out...:)

:D <-this guy needs to go to the dentist! His teeth are yellow!

[Rudy]

hum....Denis, i don't see why you want to stop him from looking at porn, i mean what's wrong with that?? I mean i look at porn like every night and i still have a normal life and no it's not cause i can't get any cause I DO heheh and it's way better than porn ^_* anywayz im not dumb enough to download exe though.....but you should stop worying cause all of those exe are only "dialer" that connect you to some ISP (1-900 #) and you pay/min that you're online and since you have ADSL he can't dial, cause they work only with dial up modem :)

[Rudy]

hum....Denis, i don't see why you want to stop him from looking at porn, i mean what's wrong with that?? I mean i look at porn like every night and i still have a normal life and no it's not cause i can't get any cause I DO heheh and it's way better than porn ^_* anywayz im not dumb enough to download exe though.....but you should stop worying cause all of those exe are only "dialer" that connect you to some ISP (1-900 #) and you pay/min that you're online and since you have ADSL he can't dial, cause they work only with dial up modem :)

[Benjamin]

I want him to stop looking at porn, because I've gotten into trouble for it :mad:

and, it doesn't matter what the exe supposedly does, there is a chance it could contain a virus or a trojan, and I don't want that **** on my computer.

:mad: :mad:

[parksie]

Then go with the sock full of quarters option :D

[Benjamin]

I think I will.... mmmm.... now if only I could find a sock and some quarters....

[G.Kumaraguru]

Why Not Put a Neat Message on the Monitor...

"Brother you are being watched....!"

[Static]

If you are using IE...set the security level...with a password...He will get totally pissed because most sites will trigger it!! :)

have you searched for free blockers?

I stubled onto this but dont know anything about it...
http://www.squidguard.org/intro/

:) otherwise write a prog to 'catch' where hes going to and maybe redirect him to disney.

(i dont know how to do that but I bet you can)

[HarryW]

Or you could write a program that flashes up a screen with "You'll go blind!" in big letters for about 1/4 of a second every now and again when IE is running ;)

[Benjamin]

Now THAT would be funny... :)

[manavo11]

Originally posted by Admiral Michael
I guess the Windows Content Advisor isnt really good?

How on earth did you come accross this thread? Keyword porn? :rolleyes: Joking...

[PeteD]

I have the same problem with my flatmate. I don't want to say 'No don't use my computer' cause that's a bit sad. Personally, I don't care what sites he looks at (porn or whatever) so long as he doesn't download any .exe or .ocx's, but several times I have had to spend ages removing spyware and their registry entries. I can sympathise with you, its really annoying. I've had a few words and fortunately he seems to have learnt his lesson. I'm sure there is loads of blocking software out there, but its a shame that there is nothing built into windows. Companies, schools, internet cafes etc all use stuff like this.

In fact, I have some vb6 code in my 'downloaded code archives' that checks the urls IE navigates to if your interested, and forbids some Urls. Please find it attatched.

With regards to having your own desktop, cusor etc, you can do all that if you use different usernames to log on with.