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How-To Video Tutorials

GetNetWise contains the largest online repository of instructional how-to video tutorials that show parents and users how to keep their family's online experiences safe and secure. Instructional videos range from setting your search engine to filter pornography in its search results to activating your computer's security settings.

Filtered Search for Youth Safety

• AOL.com
  • Change Preferences to Filter Search with AOL.com
• Ask.com
  • Change Preferences to Filter Search with Ask.com
• Google
  • Change Preferences to Filter Search with Google
• Windows Live / Microsoft
  • Change Preferences to Filter Search with Windows Live
• Yahoo!
  • Change Preferences to Filter Search with Yahoo!

Make Social Networking More Private for Youth Safety

• Make Facebook More Private
• Make MySpace More Private
• Make Xanga More Private

Security/Tools

• Use the Encryption (SSL) to Shop, Bank, and Communicate Securely Online
• Video Tutorial on Recognizing Signs of SSL Transactions in Web Browsers
• Start the Built-in Firewall in Mac OS X
• Start the Built-in Firewall in Windows XP
• Password Protect Your Windows XP Computer
• Password Protect Your Apple Mac OSX Computer

Keep Your Software Up to Date with Security Patches

• Keep Your Operating System Security Updated in Microsoft Windows
• Keep Your Operating System Security Updated in Apple OSX
• Keep Your Internet Explorer Web Browser Security Up to Date
• Keep Your Firefox Web Browser Security Up to Date

Using Your Computer Wirelessly (WiFi)

• Make Your Linksys WiFi Basestation More Secure
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WPA on Linysys
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WEP on Linksys
  • Disable WiFi SSID broadcast on Linksys
  • Allow only your computer to access your WiFi base station using MAC addressing on Linksys
  • Change Your Default Password on Linksys Base stations
• Make Your NetGear BaseStation More Secure
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WPA on NETGEAR
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WEP on NETGEAR
  • Disable WiFi SSID broadcast on NETGEAR
  • Allow only your computer to access your WiFi base station using MAC addressing on NETGEAR
  • Change Your Default Password on NETGEAR Base stations
• Make Your D-Link Basestation More Secure
  • Change Your Default Password on D-Link Base stations
  • Encrypt Access to WiFi Using a WEP Password on D-Link Base stations
• Make Your Apple Airport Basestation More Secure
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WPA on Apple Airport
  • Set and Encrypt your Password using WEP on Apple Airport
  • Disable WiFi SSID broadcast on Apple Airport
  • Allow only your computer to access your WiFi base station using MAC addressing on Apple Airport
  • Change Your Default Password on Apple Airport Base stations
• Ensure that You are Sending Sensitive Information Securely Over WiFi Hotspots
• Find Your Computer's MAC Address (for allowig MAC Addresses Only)

Privacy/Browsing/Tools

• AOL 8
  • Use AOL 8's Privacy Slide Bar
  • Block First and Third Party Cookies
  • Block Third Party Cookies
  • Prompt before accepting First and Third Party Cookies
• AOL-OS X
  • Disable Cookies
  • Prompt Before Accepting Cookies
• AOL 6 & 7
  • Disable Cookies in AOL 6 & 7
  • Prompt Cookies in AOL 6 & 7
• AOL 5
  • Disable Cookies in AOL 5
  • Prompt Cookies in AOL 5
• Firefox 3
  • Block 3rd Party Cookies in Firefox 3
• Firefox 1
  • Disable Cookies in Firefox v1
  • Accept Cookies Only From The Web Site You Are On (i.e. the originating server) in Firefox v1
• Internet Explorer 6
  • Allow Cookies from Sites You Have Visited Before
  • Allow Cookies from Specific Sites
  • Block 1st and 3rd Party Cookies
  • Block 3rd Party Cookies
  • Block Cookies from Sites You Have Visited Before
  • Block Cookies from Specific Sites
  • Use IE6's Privacy Slide Bar
  • Prompt Before Accepting Cookies
• Internet Explorer 5
  • Disable Cookies
  • Prompt Before Accepting Cookies
• Netscape 7
  • Disable Cookies in NS7
  • Warn Before Accepting Cookies
  • Accept Cookies Only From The Web Site You Are On (i.e. the originating server)
• Netscape 6
  • Accepting Cookies Only From This Web Site in NS6
  • Delete Stored Cookies in NS6
  • Disable Cookies in NS6
  • Remove ONE Stored Cookie and Don't Reaccept in NS6
  • View Stored Cookies in NS6
  • Warn Before Accepting Cookies in NS6
  • Warn Before Accepting Only Cookies That Get Sent Back to the Originating Server
• Netscape 4.5
  • Accept Cookies Only From This Web Site in NS4.5
  • Disable Cookies in NS4.5
  • Warn Before Accepting Cookies in NS4.5
• Opera 5
  • Accept Only Cookies from Selected Servers in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Only Accept Cookies for the Server in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Display Received Cookies in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Display Third Party Cookies in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Disable Referrer Logging in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Don't Accept Third Party Cookies in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Don't Accept Cookies in Opera 6 & 5.01
  • Throw Away New Cookies on Exit in Opera 6 & 5.01
• Other
  • Cookie Prompt Simulation
• Safari
  • Never Accept Cookies
  • Clear History

Privacy/Sharing/Tools

• Hiding Information
  • Clear History & Delete Temporary Internet Files
• AOL6
  • AOL 6 & 7, Clear History & Delete Temporary Internet Files
• AOL5
  • AOL 5, Clear History & Delete Temporary Internet Files
• Firefox 1
  • Clear History & Location Bar in Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 6
  • Clear History & Delete Temporary Internet Files
• Internet Explorer 5
  • Clear History & Delete Temporary Internet Files
• Netscape 6
  • NS6, Cache & Temporary Internet Files
  • NS6, Clear History & Location Bar
• Netscape 4.5
  • NS4.5, Cache & Temporary Internet Files
  • NS4.5, Clear History & Location Bar
• Opera 6.05
  • Opera 6.05, Cache & Temporary Internet Files
• Opera 6
  • Opera 6.0, Cache & Temporary Internet Files
• Opera 5
  • Opera 5.01, Cache & Temporary Internet Files

Spyware

• AOL 9 Spyware Protection
• Activating Earthlink Spyware Blocker

Spam Filtering

• Activate the Spam Filter in Eudora
• AOL 9
  • Allow e-mail from all AOL members. Block all others.
  • Allow e-mail only from people I know. Block email from everyone else.
  • Allow e-mail from the people I list. Block all others.
  • Block all e-mails from the people I list. Allow e-mail from all others
• AOL 8
  • Allow e-mail from all AOL members. Block all others.
  • Allow e-mail from all AOL members and from listed domains and e-mail addresses. Block all others.
  • Allow e-mail from the people I list. Block all others.
  • Block all e-mails from the people I list. Allow e-mail from all others
  • Activate the Junk Mail Filter in Hotmail
  • Activate the Spam Filter in Entourage for the Mac

  Spam Reporting

  • Report Spammers to FTC With Header Info using Eudora
  • Report Spammers to FTC With Header Info using Outlook
  • Report Spammers to FTC With Header Info Using Entourage for the Mac
  • Report Spam to AOL