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Safe Eyes: New Online Protection Tool for Both PC and Mac

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With all that is accessible on the Web, it is often more surprising when your children don’t accidentally come across an unhealthy website. A mistakenly typed key can mean the difference between a kid’s intended destination and a sleazy site.

Kids aren’t the only ones at risk via online content. With pornography, gambling, and scores of thousands of other unsavory sites online, adults are just one click away from places they know they should avoid.

As invasive as the Web has become, Internet filtering has become a must-have for Christians. This type of software can help parents keep their children out of harm’s way and provide proactive accountability for adults who struggle with the lures of certain sites.

If Internet filtering is the answer, the question becomes: What filtering system to use?

According to a leading independent testing organization, Safe Eyes is the best available Internet filtering system. It topped all other brands, including those made available by major online service providers. Known for being fast, effective, and affordable, Safe Eyes has an added benefit as well: it is produced by a company owned and led by Christians.

Safe Eyes is a product of SafeBrowse.com, Inc., an Internet-technology company specializing in the development of Internet-security products that benefit and protect families, businesses, schools, libraries, and churches. SafeBrowse.com is operated by brothers Shane and Aaron Kenny.

“We were extremely excited and honored to be recognized independently as the top Internet filtering system,” says Shane Kenny, President and co-founder of SafeBrowse.com. “We know the positive impact that Safe Eyes is having on families and individuals because we regularly hear from people who are being protected by Safe Eyes.”

Because the majority of computers run on Windows formats, Safe Eyes began as a PC-only product. Recently, however, Safe Eyes became the first world-class filtering software that is also available for Macs. Safe Eyes Mac Edition was released in August, for use in Mac’s OS 10.4 and above.

“Mac users were regularly contacting us about developing Internet filtering that they could use on their computers,” Shane says. “Wanting to serve all computer users, we built the first world-class filter for Macs.”

Windows and Mac editions of Safe Eyes can also be used interchangeably. When a user logs in on a Mac or PC, their settings follow them — making it unnecessary to reconfigure the software on either computer. This is beneficial for people or businesses with both Mac and Windows computers.

“With a single account, Safe Eyes can be installed on up to three computers, with any mix of Mac and PC,” says Aaron Kenny, cofounder and Vice President of SafeBrowse.com.

Now, all computer-using families can appreciate and utilize the proactive tools provided by Safe Eyes. Unwanted sites, popup windows, and chat rooms can all be filtered out by this effective and fast tool.

How fast? Testing shows that Safe Eyes filtering adds less than one-third of a second to downloading time.

“This is invisible to the human eye,” Aaron says. “This makes the protection we offer that much more valuable.”

Both the PC and Mac versions of Safe Eyes 2005 contain powerful features that allow users and parents to have complete control over the material they wish to exclude. With 35 different categories from which to choose, separate filtering profiles can be created for each person using the computer.

In addition, Safe Eyes provides users and parents with the options of utilizing the program’s online time limits and instant alerts.

Safe Eyes 2005 is available through www.safeeyes.com. A risk-free 15-day trial is available through SafeBrowse.com.