Karen, try the following URL. I found this and tried it out, works pretty well
at getting rid of ads and managing cookies. It's shareware and costs about $20.
http://www.atguard.com/download.html
Steve Weiter
Karen M. wrote:
> It's for web sites? - WHat about those annoying "click here" ads that pop
> up on the
> search engine screens? - I'd love to find a filter that elimates *all ads.
> Karen Mahnk
>
> At 05:01 PM 10/28/1998 -0500, Mike Lynch wrote:
> >Crude screening by searching for words (like "breast") is not advisable,
> >however, I believe the "Cyberpatrol" software is put out and updated by a
> >group that actually looks at individual websites so that the incidental use
> >of sexual words won't trigger exclusion. (You'd get the Starr report); but
> >the purely prurient sites (adult material) are kept away from your immature
> >employees. Cyberpatrol.com
> >Michael J. Lynch
> >Law Library Director (404) 872-3593 ext. 108
> >John Marshall Law School
> >1422 West Peachtree St. N.W. FAX (404) 873-3802
> >Atlanta, GA 30309
> > lynchm@johnmarshall.edu
> >
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Ellen M. Poler[SMTP:epoler@interaccess.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 3:04 PM
> >> To: Karen Mahnk
> >> Cc: Hill, Byron C.; 'law-lib@ucdavis.edu'
> >> Subject: Re: LAW FIRM LIBRARIANS -- INTERNET SCREENING
> >>
> >> Karen:
> >>
> >> I agree with you.
> >>
> >> Something that often strikes me: "Bad" material doesn't come up in most
> >> searches. You really have to go looking for it. I recall only once
> >> hitting an "undesirable" site when doing a search that had no sexual
> >> content whatsoever.
> >>
> >> There are plenty of objectionable sites.
> >>
> >> As a parent, and as a lawyer, I'm a first amendment absolutist; I
> >> decided a long time ago that the value of "free inquiry" was much more
> >> important for my children than restricting their Internet access. (Of
> >> course, once, a few years ago, before the Web, there was an academic
> >> disclipine case at the University of Michigan; a male student wrote a
> >> story that used a female student's name, in violation of the code of
> >> conduct. I was curious what he wrote, because it involved the use of the
> >> name of one of the first English-language novels, and I had one heck of
> >> a time finding what he wrote -- my children had to show me how!)
> >>
> >> Most of the objectionable material I have seen is pretty boring to me.
> >>
> >> Also, if many people use other search engines for their first pass at
> >> finding things, they're not going to find undesirable sites by clicking
> >> on "travel" or "law." There is no doubt that objectionable material is
> >> there, and if you search for "sex," I suppose you'll get the bad with
> >> the good.
> >>
> >> > I believe filtering is a bad idea for several reasons:
> >> > First, filtering devices are far from accurate - &
> >> > W/i the legal field there is often a need for a wide range of
> >> > information depending upon the particular client/case.
> >> > Filters have been known to limit such searches as "breast" which
> >> > would cause some difficulty in searching for data re: breast cancer.
> >>
> >> I guess some people really are that simplistic.
> >> > By the same token, many undesirable sites have made adjustments to
> >> > circumvent such filters ie.(whitehouse.com).
> >> > Filters may be helpful to some extent on the children's computer but
> >> > for obtaining any/all info avail. on the`net - for complete
> >> > researching,
> >> > it's a bad idea, IMHO.
> >> > Karen Mahnk
> >> >
> >> >
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> > Karen Mahnk, Research Librarian (305)545-1889 FAX:
> >> > (305)545-1972
> >> > State of Florida Public Defender, karenpdo@pop.gate.net
> >> > 11th Judicial Circuit
> >> > 1320 NW 14th Street, Suite 313
> >> > Miami, Fl.,33125
> >> >
> >> >
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >
> >> > At 08:22 AM 10/28/1998 -0500, Hill, Byron C. wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >A colleague reports that her firm will shortly be making Internet
> >> > access
> >> > >available to all attorneys, paralegals, librarians and
> >> > administrators.
> >> > >However, they are considering the inclusion of a filtering device
> >> > that will
> >> > >block access to "inappropriate" sites (pornographic, entertainment,
> >> > sports,
> >> > >shopping, etc.). Has your firm considered or implemented such a
> >> > device?
> >> > >Individual sites may be "unblocked" upon request to Information
> >> > Services.
> >> > >Thoughts? Comments?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> ~~
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> > Karen Mahnk, Research Librarian (305)545-1889 FAX
> >> > (305)545-1972
> >> > State of Florida Public Defender,
> >> > karenpdo@pop.gate.net
> >> > 11th Judicial Circuit
> >> > 1320 NW 14th Street, Suite 313
> >> > Miami, Fl.,33125
> >> >
> >> >
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> ~~
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> --
> >> ============================================================
> >> Ellen M. Poler epoler@interaccess.com
> >> McBreen, McBreen & Kopko 312-332-6405 X 240
> >> 20 North Wacker Drive FAX: 312-332-2657
> >> Chicago IL 60606
> >> ============================================================
> >>
> >
> >
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