SafeEyes Full Review

Summary
SafeEyes's Internet filter was one of the easiest and most user-friendly products we reviewed. With the cross platform capabilities (works on PC and Mac), remote management, time management, and many more, SafeEyes deserves our third place award. SafeEyes did have a few "hiccups" including compatibility issues, slowness and the occasional browser lockups. It blocked 70% of the objectionable websites tested and Over-blocked on 20% of the "safe" websites tested.

The reporting/monitoring tools are simple but not very robust and need a lot of work. Although it is missing a few critical features it is highly recommended and very intuitive.

Installation/Setup
SafeEyes was very easy to download and install. With a footprint of 2.71MB it took less than a minute to download with a Broadband connection (May take 2-3 minutes on dial-up). Before installation it is recommended that you disable your firewall to avoid compatibility issues.

You are then prompted to enter your username and registration number, or if you need to create one you can easily do so here. Once entered installation will smoothly complete and prompt you to restart your computer.

Management
Upon restarting your computer SafeEyes will prompt you to sign in for Internet access. After signing in you should be filtered with the SafeEyes default settings. You can customize your settings by clicking the SafeEyes icon on your desktop, in the system tray (beside the clock) or in your Start menu.

If you right click on the system tray icon you can: Open Admin tools, Log off, Switch Users, View reports, Access Help, etc... SafeEyes also comes installed with an Internet Explorer toolbar. This unique feature permits you to allow websites, block websites, log-off, do a "Safe Search" and easily access the administrative tools.

Accuracy
Administrators are given the choice to filter on 35 different categories. Each category can be selected to be banned, logged, and/or activate an alert. SafeEyes is set to log all categories by default and to ban: Nudity, Pornography, sex, and tasteless/gross websites.

We tested 2 lists of websites including: adult image searches, MySpace.com accounts, Hate oriented websites, websites that promote hacking, drug use, gambling, adult humor, etc...

Blocked Correctly - 70% (websites blocked that are inappropriate for kids and teens) Over-blocked - 20% (websites blocked that are safe for kids and teens)
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SafeEyes User Reviews

SafeEyes is the Best! 2009-02-08

Pros: Easily configured to block individual sites, TYPEs of sites, time limits and time of day limits.EASY
Cons: Only installed on 3 computers (though allows SIX users)
"Safe Eyes is so easy to use AND it works! Next to impossible to work around, updates KEEP it secure. It even e-mails or text messages you when the kid goes to the bad website(s)! I give it my highest recommendation! Walt D in LV"

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Great for Multiple computers 2008-12-23

Pros: Works great for our mac and windows computer.
Cons: Kids were able to circumvent it with a website they found at school.
"We put Safe Eyes on all of our computers including the Macs and it worked great at first. It was a little weird creating unique user names for everyone in the house. The kids brought home a website address that they used to get around the filter. We found out it couldn't be blocked because it was an encrypted proxy, whatever that means."

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