McAfee Family Protection Software launched in India

Gives parents the rights to choose to block categories of sites, filter out only handful of sites, or block nothing at all and simply review online activity reports

PTI | June 23, 2011



McAfee on Wednesday launched a parental control programme, McAfee Family Protection, that it said protects children of all ages from online risks while allowing them the freedom to safely explore the Internet.

"Online concerns for tweens and teens are not what they were two years ago", Venkat Krishnapur, senior director of McAfee India, said in Bangalore.

"The threat landscape has changed dramatically especially in the context of how children of various ages in urban India use the internet and how they are exposed to various forms of threats online," he said.

McAfee Family Protection is a "powerful tool" that helps parents get better insight to the digital lifestyles of their children, the company said.

Parents can choose to block categories of sites, filter out only a handful of sites, or block nothing at all and simply review online activity reports, it said.

"Its innovative features such as online activity reports, age appropriate settings and YouTube, games and website blocking and so on gives Indian parents a powerful tool to ensure their kids stay safe when using the Internet", the company added.

McAfee commissioned Synovate, to conduct a comprehensive research titled 'How safe are Indian kids online?' across 10 cities- New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi, covering 500 children and 496 parents.

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