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Changing CyberSieve Settings

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Changing the Administrator's Password

To prevent unauthorized access to the control panel of the CyberSieve program and changing your settings by any other person, you should set up an administrator's password.

To change the administrator's password, push the "Change Password" button and enter your new password.

Working in Invisible Mode

It is possible to run CyberSieve in the Invisible mode.

Although there will be no external sign of CyberSieve functioning, the program will defend your kids, blocking inappropriate content.

To enable the invisible mode, mark the "Invisible Mode" checkbox and close the Control Panel. Unmarking this checkbox will disable the Invisible mode. After switching into the Invisible Mode, the CyberSieve Control Panel icon will not be visible in the tray menu (near the clock). To open the CyberSieve Control Panel, you should click Start, point to Programs, point to CyberSieve, and then click Control Panel. Or you should click Start, point to Run..., type cscp.exe and press Enter.

After switching into the Surveillance Mode, the CyberSieve Control Panel icon will not be visible in the tray menu (near the clock). To open the CyberSieve Control Panel, you should click Start, point to Programs, point to CyberSieve, and then click Control Panel. Or you should click Start, point to Run..., type cscp.exe and press Enter.

Don't check e-mail

If somebody sends SPAM e-mail or messages with inappropriate content to the address of your kid, then CyberSieve blocks all mail till you manually delete the questionable e-mail directly from the server. If this restriction is too strong, you may wish to cancel checking e-mail. In that case, mark the "Don't check e-mail" checkbox. In order to still receive some filtering benefit, you can use the Replacing Inappropriate Words panel.

Prohibition of IP Address Use as URL

As you may know, any resource on the Internet can be reached either by the host name (for example, www.msn.com) or directly by its IP address (for example, 207.68.172.246). Using the IP address to get access to some resource decreases the possibilities to control it. Such a circumstance is independent of the CyberSieve's developers and includes the following limitations in the case of using IP addresses:

Ability to check the link by URL pattern is significantly limited.

Possibility of checking a URL by template (like *.msn.com) is significantly limited.

In this case the only sensible means is to check the IP address itself. This procedure is rather unreliable, because many Web Servers with suspicious content change their hosting frequently, and as a result, their IP address is changed as well.

That is why we recommend you to prohibit using IP addresses as URLs to increase your security level.

Exporting Settings

It is possible to save your settings including items that you added to lists while you customized your CyberSieve Pro. To export your settings into a temporary XML file, push the "Export Settings" button. You will be asked for the location of this file. You will be asked about saving your settings during un-installation as well.

Importing Settings

To import your previously exported settings, push the "Import Settings" button. You will be asked for the location of this file.

Customizing Proxy Server

If you connect to the Internet through a proxy server, you should instruct CyberSieve what proxy server name to use for the activation and database update procedures. By default, the program uses the same proxy server settings as for Internet Explorer.
To customize them, push the "Proxy" button and make the changes. See the chapter "Proxy Server" for more information.

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